MikeOnTheTrail's Adventures on the Trail | Hiking / Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is the jewel in the crown of America’s scenic trails, spanning 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada through three western states. It reveals the beauty of the desert, unfolds the glaciated expanses of the Sierra Nevada, and provides commanding vistas of volcanic peaks and glaciers in the Cascade Range. The trail also passes through historic mining sites and evidence of human’s endless quest for natural resources. Thousands of hikers and equestrians enjoy this national treasure each year.

MikeOnTheTrail and NevadaRambler began hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in 2006. They found a few hiking guides that have been very helpful: Day Hikes on the Pacific Crest Trail California by George & Patricia Semb and Pacific Crest Trail Northern California Edition by Jeffrey P Schaffer.

While researching ways to day-hike the PCT, I ran across a, now lost, Forest Service website with geo files for the entire Pacific Crest Trail. I've been working with the files to make them more useful with GPS units - this page has several of the files ready for download.

Also found this site from a hiker of the PCT. He provides maps, waypoints and tracks. Halfmile's PCT Maps

PCT Section	Description	Hike Type	PCT Miles	Hike Miles	Log Link
Section M2 Northern	A-Tree Saddle south to Summit Lake	Out and Back	8.2	16.5
Section M2 Southern	Packer Lake Saddle to Little Deer Lake	Backpack	5.8	11.6	PCTM2S-20060813
Section M1 Northern	Packer Lake Saddle to Sierra Buttes Jeep Road / Sierra Buttes Lookout	Loop	1.84	5.37	PCTM1N-20060812
Section M1 Southern	Hwy 49 to Sierra Buttes Jeep Road	Out and Back	7	14	PCTM1S-20080705
Section L1 Northern	Meadow Lake Road to Paradise Lake	Loop	7.13	20.16	PCTCAL1N-20060709
Section L1 Southern	I80 to Paradise Lake	Backpack	6.72	16.83	PCTCAL1S-20060924
Section L2 Southern	Meadow Lake Rd to FR7040 South to FR8640	Loop	7.05	16	PCTCAL2S-20070812
Section L2 Northern	FR7 to FR7040	Loop	7.15	8.50	PCTL2N-20071124
Section L3 Southern	Henness Pass Road to half-way point and back	Out and Back	5.48	10.96
Section K5	Hwy 40 To I80	Out and Back	3	7	PCTCAK5-20060716
Section K4	Squaw Valley to Hwy 40	Hike w/trail angel	11.15	14.5	PCTCAK4N-20060704
Section K3	Barker Pass to Alpine Meadows	Hike w/car drop off	11.4	13.9	PCTCAK3-20061021
Section K2	Barker Pass South to Miller Meadows Road	Loop with Bushwhacking	15.4	4.18	PCTCAK2N-20090711 ?
Section J7 Northern	Echo Summit to Tahoe Rim Trail section 6	Loop hike through Meiss Country	11.25	21.32
Section J7 Southern	Carson Pass to Tahoe Rim Trail section 6	Out and Back to Dardenelles Lake	6.22	16.46
		Totals	103.66	208.50

Only 2546.3 PCT Miles to go :)

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