Thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail takes months, but you can see some of its highlights in just a long weekend. Between a big dayhike and a three-day weekend, these five hikes will let you sample one ...

The recent creation of a national defense area along the U.S.-Mexico border may affect a longstanding tradition for Pacific Crest Trail hikers starting their nearly 3,000-mile journey north in San ...

One of the longest hikes in America, the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) winds through the wilderness from Mexico to Canada, with rugged sections in California among the most difficult of any along the ...

Six miles into a multiday physiological study, or what most people would call a hike on the Pacific Crest Trail, my buddy and I were joined on the airy expanse of the Kendall Katwalk by a cheerful ...