Total PCT miles 2155.1 – Bridge of the Gods in Cascade Locks This morning, my mom dropped Gabriel and me off at the Char Burger. Thanks Mom! We crossed the Bridge of the Gods and entered Washington. A little over 500 miles and about 3 weeks to go. The Labor Day weekend heat wave persists … Continue reading Crossing the Bridge of the Gods

PCT miles 2129 to 2155.1 – Forest Service Work Center in Parkdale to Bridge of the Gods in Cascade Locks – Total PCT miles 2155.1 It seemed liked we'd just went to sleep when it was time to get up at 5:30. But our friends were also starting to stir, signs that we'd all committed … Continue reading A long day to Cascade Locks

PCT miles 2107.3 to 2129 – Timberline Lodge to Parkdale, OR – Total PCT miles 2129+ (Though not really certain.) This morning we started a stone's throw from Timberline Lodge and ended the day in the front yard of the Forest Service's Parkdale Work Center. A day much anticipated and fulfilled just as planned and … Continue reading Timberline brunch and a fire detour

PCT miles 2067 to 2107.2 – Saddle near Chinquapin Viewpoint to Timberline Lodge – Total PCT miles 2107.2 If there was going to be a day to hike 40 miles, today was the day. We'd be covering the most continuous level trail tread of the entire PCT. Looking at the Erik the Black elevation gradients … Continue reading A 40-mile day

PCT miles 1912.2 to 2067 – Willamette Pass to Mt. Hood National Forest – Total PCT miles 2067 Rest Time at Olallie Lake After pizza feasting at Willamette Pass, Gabriel, Hotrod, Broken Record, Light House and I headed down to the Shelter Cover Resort to pick up our resupply packages. Gabriel and I had started … Continue reading Rambling through Oregon’s High Cascades

PCT miles 1726.6 to 1912.2 - Ashland to Willamette Pass – Total PCT miles 1912.2 When we left Medford/Ashland on Sunday, August 21 we were excited to be northbound hikers once more. Turns out our first 4-5 miles of the day had us hiking south to reach Canada. Southbound to get northbound. Again. It had … Continue reading Welcome home-walking through Southern Oregon

Good morning from Medford and PCT mile 1726.6! Gabriel and I will be getting back on the trail in a few hours to hike the remaining ~430 or so miles of Oregon. If all goes according to plan, we hope to be drinking beer milkshakes at the Edgefield McMenamins around Labor Day! We are excited … Continue reading Northbound once more

PCT miles 805 to 790.2 – Mile North of Sawmill Pass Trail to Kearsarge Pass – Total PCT miles 1726.6 Our last morning in the Sierras held the conflicting desires PCT thru-hikers: linger, savor, soak in all the light on the granite peaks and wander amid this realm of juniper, aspen and sagebrush for a … Continue reading Return to Kearsarge Pass

PCT miles 914.6 to 805 – Agnew Meadows to Sawmill Pass Trail – Total PCT miles 1711.8 We are leaving Mammoth Lakes with new shoes and only a few hiking hours missed. Now it is time for us to make miles, 124.4 trail miles to be exact. About six days worth of solid hiking over … Continue reading In the land of Muir and Pinchot

PCT miles 935.6 to 914.6 – Lyell Canyon to Agnew Meadows – Total PCT miles 1602.2 When we woke up this frosty mid-August morning in Yosemite's Lyell Canyon we had no idea that we'd end up in the town of Mammoth Lakes on the deck of the Davison Street Guest House this evening. But here … Continue reading The trail provides