About the Pacific Crest Trail

The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is a 2,650-mile continuous footpath along the Sierra Nevada and Cascades through California, Oregon, and Washington. Its southern terminus is the Mexican border near Campo, CA; its northern terminus is the Canadian border at Monument 78, a few miles south of Hwy 3 in Manning Provincial Park.

The PCT trail corridor travels through a range of ecosystems: low and high deserts, artic and high-alpine zones, and even rainforests. It passes through (or by) well known landmarks like: the Mojave Desert, Mt. Whitney, Yosemite National Park, Mt. Shasta and Mt. Hood, Crater Lake, the Columbia River Gorge, Mt. Ranier, and North Cascades National Park.

To learn more about the PCT, visit the Pacific Crest Trail Association.

To view a bigger map of the PCT, go here.