/tags/pacific-crest-trail Pacific Crest Trail en-US Copyright Fri, 12 Jul 2024 23:41:00 GMT /wildfire/2024-07-12/pacific-crest-trail-angels-provide-a-different-kind-of-trail-magic-to-hikers-evacuated-due-to-wildfire The Shelly Fire in Siskiyou County has put thousands of residents on evacuation notice. It has also disrupted long-distance hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail. Fri, 12 Jul 2024 23:41:00 GMT /wildfire/2024-07-12/pacific-crest-trail-angels-provide-a-different-kind-of-trail-magic-to-hikers-evacuated-due-to-wildfire Justin Higginbottom /outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2022-07-29/thru-hikers-find-magic-on-the-pacific-crest-trail Every year, some of the most committed backpackers brave over 2,600 miles along the Pacific Crest Trail, on their way from Mexico to Canada. When they see a road for the first time in days, they’re occasionally lucky enough to run into helpful people waiting with fresh fruit or cold beer to greet them. On the PCT, this backpacking experience known as “trail magic” is alive and well. Fri, 29 Jul 2022 12:29:51 GMT /outdoors-leisure-and-sports/2022-07-29/thru-hikers-find-magic-on-the-pacific-crest-trail Roman Battaglia /environment/2020-04-10/heartbreaking-guidance-calls-for-hikers-to-quit-pacific-crest-trail-trips-because-of-coronavirus Dusty hikers fresh off the Pacific Crest Trail are a familiar summertime sight in Ashland and other towns along the West Coast. But this year, trail… Fri, 10 Apr 2020 12:25:42 GMT /environment/2020-04-10/heartbreaking-guidance-calls-for-hikers-to-quit-pacific-crest-trail-trips-because-of-coronavirus Erik Neumann /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-05-03/photographer-casts-his-lens-on-pct-for-guidebook Maybe you're not quite ready to duplicate the trip Cheryl Strayed took in "Wild": hiking the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert to Washington. So… Thu, 03 May 2018 20:43:34 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2018-05-03/photographer-casts-his-lens-on-pct-for-guidebook Geoffrey Riley, April Ehrlich /music-arts-culture/2015-08-04/wild-draws-huge-crowds-to-the-pacific-crest-trail The Pacific Crest Trail runs 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada. Usually, a few hundred hardy souls make the trek every year. But this year, the number of… Tue, 04 Aug 2015 23:57:31 GMT /music-arts-culture/2015-08-04/wild-draws-huge-crowds-to-the-pacific-crest-trail Leslie McClurg /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-06-30/surviving-a-hot-dry-summer-on-the-pct The Pacific Crest Trail was already a popular place to take a hike, long or short.Then the movie "Wild" and other events focused more attention on the… Tue, 30 Jun 2015 17:10:20 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2015-06-30/surviving-a-hot-dry-summer-on-the-pct Geoffrey Riley /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-06-12/rookies-in-the-wild Interstate Five may be the main travel artery in our region, but the Pacific Crest Trail is our sidewalk. People come from far and wide to hike the PCT,… Thu, 12 Jun 2014 17:10:10 GMT /show/the-jefferson-exchange/2014-06-12/rookies-in-the-wild Geoffrey Riley