2026 Pacific Crest Trail Finishers Celebrated in a Year the Border Burned
Wildfires closed the PCT's final stretch to Canada in 2026, but hikers still finished — meet the class who ada...
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Crossing into New Hampshire: trail life, free pizza and the looming White Mountains
Day 135 on the Appalachian Trail: a thru-hiker crosses into New Hampshire, finds Hanover surprisingly hiker-fr...
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Day 28 on the Long Trail: A Fall on Camel's Hump Ends One Hiker's Thru-Hike
A wet-rock fall before Camel's Hump ends a Long Trail thru-hike on day 28 — a story of trail rescue, Vermont k...
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A Final Zero Day on the Pacific Crest Trail: Pastry Runs, Resupply and Packing Light
A Pacific Crest Trail hiker's last zero day: pastries, Trader Joe's resupply, ditching bug spray and packing f...
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On Vermont's Long Trail, Day 27 Is Where Hiking Turns Into Scrambling
Day 27 on Vermont's Long Trail: half-mile-an-hour boulder scrambles, eroded ledges and grouse panic — an hones...
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Finishing the Appalachian Trail on Mount Katahdin: What the Final Climb Is Really Like
What the final climb up Mount Katahdin via the Hunt Trail is really like: scrambles, wind, fog and the AT's la...
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Rain, Bears and 6,300 Feet: Five Days Thru-Hiking the Great Smoky Mountains on the Appalachian Trail
Five days on the Appalachian Trail through the Great Smoky Mountains: 2,200 bears, Charlies Bunion, Kuwohi and...
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Zero Days and Real Pants: A Pacific Crest Trail Hiker's Farewell Tour of Seattle
A PCT hiker's last zero day in Seattle: secondhand gear wins, Dick's Drive-In burgers and an emotional trail-f...
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Five Months on the Pacific Crest Trail: The Strange Calm Before the Canadian Border
A PCT hiker waits out the weather before the final push to Canada — elk encounters, zero days in Mazama and wh...
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Trail Notes: A Coffee Stop in Vermont That Proved Miles Aren't Everything
A day 134 Appalachian Trail journal from Vermont: a coffee shop detour, an owl, a porcupine and a garden camps...
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Day 26 on Vermont's Long Trail: When the Thru-Hiking Doldrums Hit
Day 26 on Vermont's Long Trail: why thru-hikers hit the doldrums mid-hike, and how a zero day at Appalachian G...
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Lightning, Yellow Jackets and a 14er Detour: A Day on Colorado's Collegiate West Trail
A thru-hiker's brutal day on Colorado's Collegiate West: a 14er detour, yellow jacket stings, thunderstorms an...
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