A survey of PCT thru-hikers found a big leap in costs in recent years. Surveys of the Appalachian and Continental Divide ...

Explore the less-explored. Completing long thru-hikes like the Pacific Crest Trail has distorted our approach to backpacking, making the focus on accomplishing treks from point A to point B.

Travel + Leisure peels back myth from reality, exploring backpacking trips for all ages and budgets. If you want to walk all 2,650 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, take a four-day hike up Peru ...

To get there, hikers walk a section of the Pacific Crest Trail ... an extended backpacking trip, which takes about four to six months. Hikers pass under shady oak trees on the trail to Eagle ...