With heat waves sweeping the west coast, winter snowpack is melting faster than usual. Here’s what that means for the PCT.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the world’s most iconic long-distance hiking trails for hiking enthusiasts is the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). It stretches 2 ...

Update: A more recent article about the Shelly Fire can be found here. A wildfire that started July 3 has prompted the evacuation of almost 200 square miles in the mountains of Siskiyou County and the ...

Wildfires are increasingly hitting the Pacific Crest Trail — which runs the length of the West Coast — forcing closures and evacuations. This year, 26 fires have burned along the trail, leading 16 ...

SEATTLE — The Pacific Crest Trail is a 2,650-mile trek from the Canadian border down to the California-Mexico border. "The PCT has roughly 500,000 feet of climbing, which is roughly climbing Mt.

Renee Miller hiked 457 miles alone and unsupported to break the women’s record for fastest known time on the Oregon section of the Pacific Crest Trail. Renee Miller (L) at the start of her solo hike ...

Hikers are no longer being allowed to cross into Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail. A statement issued Jan. 27 by the Canada Border Services Agency said the new policy aligns with the U.S. prohibition ...

As an avid hiker and CEO of the Pacific Crest Trail Association, I have witnessed first-hand the indispensable role that ...

Mountain biking could be getting its answer to the Pacific Crest Trail, and its first leg to be announced is in Washington. The organizers of Orogenesis, a proposed 5,000-mile trail spanning from ...