Pacific Crest Trail!!!

Ok I got a BIG announcement to make! My friend Hilary and I are going to do the whole PCT starting next month!!! I'm so super stoked! I've been planning and scheming hard since last November and everything is finally coming together!

Hilary and I make the best team ever!

If you never heard of PCT... Well, I'll tell ya all about it! It's super long continuous trail that goes from the border of Mexico to the border of Canada for about 2,700 miles through California, Oregon, and Washington. It starts in the Mojave Desert and climbs over High Sierras all the way to North Cascades.

You can learn more about the PCT right here: www.pcta.org

Our trip starts on 04.14.14. We fly to San Diego that day and get picked up by a trail volunteer or a Trail Angel who'll host us for the night and then give us a ride to Campo where the trail starts. After planning all our miles and resupply stops and rest days I estimate we will be done around October 7 in North Cascades. Which means non-stop thru-hiking April 15 - October 7!!! Can't imagine a better way to spend 6 months!!!

Here's a tentative plan of action:

Town/Stop point	Miles between towns	Special Gear	Stay in town?
Mt Laguna	42.3
Warner Springs	67.3
Idyllwild	69.0
Big Bear City	95.5		ZERO DAYS
Wrightwood	89.5
Agua Dulce	90.8
Mojave	103.9		ZERO DAY
Kennedy Meadows	144.5	Microspikes, bear canister, gaiters, mosquito nets	ZERO DAYS
Independence	121.4		My 28th B-day!
Mammoth Lakes	116.4		ZERO DAY
South Lake Tahoe	186.4	Mail microspikes and gaiters back home	ZERO DAY
Sierra City	104.6
Belden	91.6		NERO
Burney Falls SP	134.4
Castella	82.9
Etna	99.8		ZERO DAY
Ashland, OR	120.3		ZERO! REI!
Crater Lake	103.8		ZERO DAY
Elk Lake Resort	127.9		My aunt’s b-day!
Timberline Lodge	149.0
Cascade Locks	47.8	Better raingear, Smartwool top, microspikes	Portland ZEROS
White Pass	147.7
Snoqualmie Pass	99.0
Stevens Pass	74.5
Rainy Pass	117.5		Almost there!
Canadian border	25.0		WEEEEEE!

The Mountains are calling and I must go!