Along the way, the PCT traverses some of the most scenic land in the US, including 25 national forests, 7 national parks, and 34 wilderness areas. The trail can be divided into 5 regions:

Southern California – Mile 0 to 702: The first section is primarily marked by desert extremes. Highs occasionally rise above 100 degrees with lows potentially below freezing. Highlights include climbing over 9000 ft in the San Jacinto Mountains, crossing part of the Mojave Desert, and traversing the Tehachapi Mountains.

Central California – Mile 702 to 1197: The Sierra Nevada Mountains. Some of the highest and most beautiful country in the lower 48. The trail climbs over 13,000 ft at Forester Pass and gets close enough to Mt. Whitney (14,505 ft) for a day hike to the summit. This section traverses Sequoia, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite National Parks.

Northern California – Mile 1197 to 1699: In this section, the high peaks of the Sierra Nevada give way to lower mountains of the Southern Cascades. Highlights in this section include Lassen Volcanic National Park, Burney Falls, the Trinity Alps Wilderness and the Marble Mountain Wilderness.

Oregon – Mile 1699 to 2155: This section is dominated by the numerous volcanoes making up the Cascade range. Mt. Hood, Mt. Jefferson, the Three Sisters along with Crater Lake National Park are all impressive formations along this section of trail. Forests in this section get thicker and shadier thanks to the increased rain fall.

Washington – Mile 2155 to 2660: The final section of trail is marked by thick forests and steep, craggy mountains. This section can be one of the toughest even for well seasoned hikers. Mt. Rainier National Park, North Cascades National Park, the Goat Rocks Wilderness, and the Glacier Peak Wilderness are many of the highlights along the way.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

Casa De Luna to Tehachapi

Hitched a ride to avoid the 25 mile road walk.  
Love love love riding in the back of a pick up!
Dropped off at a "hostel". It's more like a dudes house with some couches in a garage.  He let me drive his van down the road to a gas station and I thought I was going to die in that can.  The brakes worked but it took a while.
Night hiked out of Hikertown.  
The setting sun.  
She thinks my tracker is sexy.
End of the road!! 
And onto the L.A. Aquaduct.
It eventually goes under ground to LA.
It's a sign.  so you shoot it!
This road went on and on forever!!!
The moon was bright enough to hike without my light on.  It was kinda freaky.
Cowboy camped on the Aquaduct.
Didn't like this section very much. No water and on a road forever!!!
Someone lives out here surprisingly and they left some soda and water bottles for us!!! Awesome!
It just kept going....
Forever and ever....
No water left for us.
This was a real treat!!!! Former thru hiker hated this section last year so mutch he came back here with a tent. And awesome tent!!!
Lots of hiker stayed here for a while to wait out the midday heat.
They had beer and food!!! And beer and food.  It was more of a buffet.
One Step and Day Tripper paying thanks.
Some dirt bikers stopped by to see what was going on.  There were bike trails everywhere.
Sad to see it but I had to happen.  They were done for the weekend and were tearing it down.
Taking a siesta under a bridge.
It was up there.  Took a nap to wait out the food coma.
The PCT goes through a huge wind farm in the Mojave.  This was the small one.  There were probably 5000 of these on the other side!!!
It's a sign.  So you shoot it!!!
The wind farm.
  Just a couple of lizards sun bathing.
I caught a Horney road!!! 
Cute little girl.
I think it was a girl.  It did wink at me.
More windmills.
And more windmills!!!
The Tehachapi airport lets hiker camp here for $5.
Third time I've seen grass in a month!!!
Get to the choppa!!!!
There's more hikers!!! Some of these dudes stayed here for 4-5 days.  Not sure why...
I've been craving ribs for a while and found a BBQ joint here!!!  Mmmmmm
Huge resupply!!! Sending some of this to myself to places in the Sierras.  
Continentals breakfast of champs!!!











































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