The Pacific Crest Trail

Product Description

The Pacific Crest Trail is Cicerone’s guide to walking from Mexico to Canada. Brian Johnson provides the information for the 2700 mile route from Mexican-US border town of Campo in South California, through Oregon & Washington, to Manning Park, just over the US-Canadian border. The trail has been purpose built for back-packers & horse-riders & most people undertake the route, or bits of it, in shorter sections at a time, however, every summer several hundred people take on the challenge of thru’-hiking the entire route. Information for bit or thru’ hikers is provided in the guide. The route is described in 101 2-3 day sections with 174 informative section maps & full information about en-route facilities, with schedules for 110 to 180-day thru’-hikes. Full information on how to use the guide is given. For a sample of how route maps are presented, with altitude cross sections, timings, descriptions, facility & topographical symbols, please see the sample page image provided. The introduction to the guide covers information on things such as weather patterns, plant, wildlife & geology, planning, preparation, wilderness hiking & equipment. Chapters then deal with the PCT as it wends through Southern California, The High Sierra, Northern California, Oregon & Washington. Appendices provide local information for European hikers, useful addresses & a selection of schedules & summaries.