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No, You Don't Have to Hike to Lake Morena on Day One of the PCT

No, You Don’t Have to Hike to Lake Morena on Day One of the PCT

Lake Morena is approximately 20 mi / 32 km north of Pacific Crest Trail’s (PCT) southern terminus at the US-Mexico Border and is a landmark of sorts for PCT thru-hikers. Many hikers have it in their heads that they need to make it to Lake Morena on day one of their thru-hikes; many hikers are wrong. If you get nothing else from this article, simply know that you do not need to hike to Lake…

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Why Water Caches Are Bad for Thru-hikers

Why Water Caches Are Bad for Thru-hikers

Water caches are locations where water is stored or left out where there would otherwise be none. They have become increasingly common on long-distance trails such as the Pacific Crest Trail and the Continental Divide Trail, which may sound like a good thing – water caches mean hikers aren’t forced to do huge water carries and that hikers have water available in otherwise dry areas of the trail.…

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Best Section Hikes Of The PCT: The Desert

Best Section Hikes Of The PCT: The Desert

Hiking from Mexico to Canada on the Pacific Crest Trail? Wow! That sounds awesome. Yeah, except I don’t have five months of life to spend being homeless in the woods. A lot of you have written in to ask something to the extent of, “I have *insert amount of time*, what section of the PCT should I hike!?” This is not an easy question to answer as it really depends on who you are, what you’re…

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