Pacific Crest Trail
After several years of planning and preparing, we are finally ready to step out on the Pacific Crest Trail! We’ll be hitting the trail on March 24th at the southern terminus on the Mexican border in Campo California. We’ll post updates here, as often as we are able. Happy Trails!
Day 63 5/26/2021
Today started off on a rough note, I snapped a trekking pole off at the handle. And you'd be surprised how hard it is to find a good hiking stick in the woods! In spite of the gear failure and me now pulling a bit to the right, we pushed on and ran into some deer a...
Day 62: 5/25/2021
We summited Muir Pass early while the snow was still frozen. Muir Pass had relatively less elevation gain near the peak than the previous passes, but we still had to climb several miles to the top. We reached Muir hut on the top of the pass around 9am. We then...
Day 61 5/24/2021
It was very nice to wake up to a clear sky and no snow on the ground! We didn't have a pass to hike over today, so we took our time and enjoyed hiking in (relatively) lower elevations and warmer weather. It's amazing what a couple thousand foot elevation change can...
Day 60: 5/23/2021
Finally, the snow had stopped by the time we woke up this morning. The temperature was supposed to climb as high as 40°F today! For most of the morning and near the top of Mather Pass, everything was still covered in snow. First thing out of camp, we had to ford the...
Day 59 5/22/2021
We woke up to a frigid snow covered morning. Our camp site protected us from some of the wind and snow, but up to a foot of snow had fallen on top of the existing snow pack making for slow hiking as we broke trail. As we worked our way up towards Pinchot Pass, the...
Day 58: 5/21/2021
We woke up to snow this morning even though the forecast said the snow storm wouldn't start until 11am. It was so cold that we took some extra time to break down camp and leave Rae Lakes. As we hiked it continued to snow. And snow. And snow. Around noon we had only...
Day 57 5/20/2021
We woke up early and made one last stop at Schats Bakery for breakfast before getting a ride back to the trailhead. There was a cold front coming in making for a very windy and cold day. A couple inches of snow (in addition to what was already up in the mountains)...
Day 56: 5/19/2021
We decided to take a zero at Eastside Guesthouse & Bivy in Bishop, CA today to resupply and plan for our next week on the Sierras! We're looking forward to hitting the trail again soon!
Day 55 5/18/2021
We woke up to a cold morning with wet gear. We dried as much of it as we could then packed up and headed out. Luckily, it was a clear sunny day and we warmed up as we hiked. We worked our way up and out of Kings Canyon enjoying great views of the surrounding snow...