Pacific Crest Trail SOBO
This is a collection of blog posts and resources about my Pacific Crest Trail which I hiked end-to-end southbound in 2016.2663 miles (4286 km) in 103 days.
Blog posts
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Planning a resupply strategy for the PCT 29 Mar 2016
On this blog I favour other more structured alternatives, but for making easilyeditable plans, Google Maps is great. I thought I’d share a few of theresources I put together for planning my resupply strategy.
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Photography equipment on the PCT 29 Mar 2016
Downside of being a hobby photographer: 22% of my entire gear weight is mycamera and half of my entire gear weight will be worn. Auch! Because of thisI’ve spent a lot of money on lowering the weight of all my other gear though.The camera is now the only luxury item I carry and I feel that justifies it’sweight.
Countries visited during the trip
Places visited
Note this list contains all locations I've ever visited in the countries of this trip. Some locations might be from other trips. You can have a look at the troute on the map to see which locations I actually visited.
- Vancouver
City
in Canada
Couchsurfed with Lizz and Vaughn. Did the Grouse Grind. Ate a lot of Vietnamese food.
- Calgary
City
in Canada
Visited the city on my way back to Uruguay from the GDT
- GDT Starting point Twin Butte
Other
in Canada
Began hiking the GDT, took an Uber here from Calgary
- Coleman
City
in Canada
Resupply
- Castle Mountain Ski Resort
City
in Canada
Resupply
- Peter Lougheed Provincial Park Visitor Centre
City
in Canada
Resupply
- Banff
City
in Canada
Resupply
- Jasper
City
in Canada
Resupply
- Moraine Lake
Other
in Canada
Visited by bus on the way to Crossing
- The Crossing Resort
City
in Canada
Took a bus here from Banff and skipped a section of the GDT
- Miami
City
in United States
Visited with my family as well as alone, but I was too young to have seen anything of interest
- Boynton Beach City in United States
- Ocean Ridge
City
in United States
Visiting my aunt who lives here
- Seattle
City
in United States
Preparing for PCT and met up with Simon.
- Harts Pass
Campground
in United States
Hiked up from the road with Simon after being dropped off by our Trail Angel Detour (Bert) who gave us a ride from Arlington. Met Mike, Joe and Tara (Floridian) and a few others I never met again. Arrived late afternoon, left early next morning.
- Stehekin
City
in United States
Reached the town with Simon and Mike at noon and left next day same time. Briefly met Drifter and hiked out with Joe and someone whose name I can't remember, no one saw him after Cascade Locks. Sent back ice axe and long underwear.
- Steven's Pass
Other
in United States
Had some issues finding a ride into Skykomish.
- Skykomish
City
in United States
Arrived evening and took a full zero with Simon, Mike and Joe. Stayed at the hotel, laundry in skirt, double dinner.
- Snoqualmie Pass
City
in United States
Arrived around noon, took the day and left following day around noon. Simon's last town before getting a ride back to Seattle by Dan (Aadvark). Met Bucket on the way in. Awesome food and wine. Mediocre pancakes at the Pancake House. New shoes didn't arrive. Left noon next day
- White Pass
Other
in United States
Arrived evening, got some leftovers and chips for dinner. Waited an entire day for new shoes to arrive. Mike showed up and we went to packwood after DHL dropped them off. Met my first North Bounder, Legend of all people.
- Packwood
City
in United States
Arrived afternoon with Mike, left early next morning with Cinch and French Fry. Cheapest hotel ever. Nice town.
- Cascade Locks
City
in United States
Met Glue and Brooke whom I missed up by Harts Pass. The day after Goat Rock's Wilderness I met Keith for the first time, met him again as I was eating ice cream in Cascade Locks. Took a zero and a full day.
- Timberline Lodge
Other
in United States
Arrived at 11ish, missed breakfast buffet. Great resupply from hiker box.
- Olallie Lake Resort
Campground
in United States
Arrived for some early breakfast coffee and left after one hour or so.
- Big Lake Youth Camp
Other
in United States
Arrived after having a lunch beer with a Trail Angle whose name I can't recall. Scratch knows. Got my resupply package, showered, and left.
- Elk Lake Resort
Campground
in United States
Arrived too early, no breakfast until 9am or something silly. Waited, charged, ate and left.
- Shelter Cove Resort
Campground
in United States
Got a care package from Marla.
- Mazama Village
City
in United States
Crater Lake rim trail was closed when I arrived, hitchhiked around and heard it would open the next day. Hitchhiked back and hiked it. Met Connecticut.
- Callahan's
Other
in United States
Arrived evening, had dinner and slept in their backyard. Met Connecticut again.
- Ashland
City
in United States
After Callahan's I went into Ashland, and took a full day off. Met Keith and we decided to hike out together the net day.
- Seiad Valley
City
in United States
First poison oak. Arrived late afternoon. Weird place. Left next day after breakfast.
- Etna
City
in United States
Perfect hitch, arrived late afteroon, ate, slept in motel and left early next morning.
- Castella
City
in United States
Nasty gas station area, arrived early evening, got a care package from Ann-Marie, left same night.
- Burney Falls State Park
City
in United States
Bad resupply, arrived and left pretty quickly to the ranch.
- Burney Mountain Guest Ranch
Other
in United States
Nice place, dinner, breakfast and spent the next day before night hiking Hat Creek's Rim.
- Old Station
City
in United States
Waited for Keith's package.
- Drakesbad Guest Ranch
Other
in United States
Waited for Keith's backpack. Met Sherpa who disappeared on the trail somewhere in Washington.
- Belden
City
in United States
Arrived early, had lunch, left same day. Festival town.
- Sierra City
City
in United States
Arrived early, all restaurants closed, had really expensive ice cream, left same day.
- Truckee
City
in United States
Perfect hitch, had dinner, yuppy marker resupply and went back to the trail to sleep. California girl had her car broken into by a bear.
- Echo Lake
Campground
in United States
Arrived noon, had ice cream and went into Tahoe.
- South Lake Tahoe
City
in United States
Arrived early afternoon, weird hitchhike guy, took a zero. Changed backpack, new shoes and picked up my tarp again.
- Kennedy Meadow Resort
Campground
in United States
Met Yakattack on the way, hitchhiked in together and had dinner, 4 ice creams and spent the night stealth camping in their campground. Had birthday breakfast.
- Tuolumne Meadows
City
in United States
Met Machine when he arrived on the bus coming from the Valley. Terrible place to eat. Left early afternoon.
- Reds Meadow Campground
Campground
in United States
Had lunch, resupplied for a long stretch and left.
- Independence
City
in United States
Arrived early, realized there's nothing in town so took the bus to Lone Pine. Saw Drifter on the way into Independence.
- Lone Pine
City
in United States
Looked for dinner, stayed in a motel and took the bus back the next morning after breakfast.
- Kennedy Meadows
Other
in United States
Caught up with drifter and arrived when the store was closed. Last day with breakfast following morning and met Scratch and Machine who hiked with.
- Lake Isabella
City
in United States
Arrived early noon and went back the same afternoon after having resupplied. Hiked with Machine.
- Tehachapi
City
in United States
Had amazing food, slept at Best Western, met Scratch, Machine and Drifter again.
- Hikertown
City
in United States
Arrived after dark, slept and left next morning. Arrived with Scratch and Machine and met Drifter the next morning. Didn't get my resupply package from Ann-Marie but the guy who runs the place drove ahead and left it for me on the trail. Met Cakes.
- Lake Hughes
City
in United States
Trail was closed so walked through Lake Hughes towards Green Valley. Scratch stayed in Green Valley.
- Agua Dulce
City
in United States
Arrived with Drifter and Machine came soon after. Met up with Keith's sister joined in. Had dinner and slept on the rail.
- Wrightwood
City
in United States
Arrived early, had terrible Mexican food, went back on trail the same day. Hiked with Cakes as well.
- Cajon Pass
Other
in United States
McDonald's was closed. Had coffee, snacks and continued on.
- Big Bear Lake
City
in United States
Arrived noon, spent the day and big part of the following day. Rented a cabin/house with Keith and his sister. Keith made breakfast. Had indian food. Alexis went back home.
- Idyllwild
City
in United States
Met up with Cakes again. Arrived early, had lunch in the grocery store and left.
- Warner Springs
City
in United States
Picked up my last care package from Ann Marie, continued after having eaten half of it.
- Julian
City
in United States
Met Cakes as she was hitchhiking into town. Had breakfast as well as apple pie and ice cream. Went back on trail after breakfast.
- Mount Laguna
City
in United States
Arrived for breakfast which ended up being ice cream. Keith had an entire refrigerator pie. Met Machine again.
- Lake Morena
City
in United States
Arrived in time for dinner which was amazing. Ate too much. Slept on the trail.
- Campo
City
in United States
Reached the border at 1:50pm together with Daddy Long Legs who I hiked with since Ashland. 2663 miles (4286 km) in 103 days. Only thru-hiker before us was Drifer who arrived the day before. Two other hikers arrived the day before him but they skipped sections up in Washington.
- Pacific Crest Trail
Trek
in United States
Hiked the entire PCT end-to-end from North to South in 103 days. 2663 miles or 4286 km.
- New York City
City
in United States
Visited the city for a bit before going to Ithaca
- Ithaca
City
in United States
Visited the with Keith
- Trumansburg
City
in United States
Visited the with Keith