A hiker creating shelter from the sun during one long, long walk. Photo: Kodi Frost Editor’s Note: This feature is sponsored by our partners at Arrowhead Water. Plenty of people dream of escaping into ...

This section of the PCT is a beauty with alpine scenery and three different lakes that offer the perfect place to take a dip after the six-mile hike.

Hikers from around the world come to San Diego County each spring to walk the Pacific Crest Trail, one of the longest thru-hikes in the U.S. Here’s what San Diego readers should know about the trail ...

At 2,654 miles, the Pacific Crest Trail, or PCT as it's more commonly known in the hiking community, is considered the longest designated hiking trail in the world. Stretching from Campo, CA, near the ...

On the morning of Sept. 1, 135 days after leaving San Diego County on the Pacific Crest Trail, Mike Brown hiked through a quiet pine forest and across the Canadian border. For the past four and a half ...

Thousands of people each year set off to hike from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail, popularized by Cheryl Strayed's book "Wild." But most won't make it. That's because hiking more than ...

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 ...

Miles to Go: The first in an ongoing series Inside Climate News fellow Bing Lin is reporting from the Pacific Crest Trail in Northern California. Over the course of a 500-mile hike, the series is ...

Every summer I go backpacking with friends and this summer was no exception. I just returned from a hiking trip out west. This year I chose to hike a part of Oregon's section of the Pacific Crest ...

CAMPO, Calif — Rob Cook has been preparing for years to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,600-mile journey stretching from Mexico to Canada. This Sunday, the 63-year-old Sacramento man will take his ...