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      • K2 basecamp trek, Karakoram, Pakistan
    • EUROPE
      • Cape Wrath Trail, Scotland
      • Coast-to-Coast + Lake District Loop, England
      • GR5, France
      • Pyrenean Haute Route, France/Spain
    • NORTH AMERICA
      • Appalachian Trail
        • Maine
        • New Hampshire
        • North Carolina/Tennessee
        • Georgia
      • Arizona Trail
        • Paria Canyon/Buckskin Gulch, UT/AZ
      • Continental Divide Trail
        • Montana
        • Wyoming
          • Teton Crest Trail
          • Wind River High Route
        • Colorado
        • New Mexico
      • Florida Trail
      • North Country Trail
        • Border Route Trail
        • Kekekabic Trail
        • Porcupine Mountains Wilderness
        • Superior Hiking Trail
        • Isle Royale
      • Pacific Crest Trail
        • Washington
        • Oregon
        • Northern California
        • The Sierra
          • John Muir Trail, CA
        • Southern California
      • SF Crosstown Trail
      • Trans-Catalina Trail
    • SOUTH AMERICA
      • Torres del Paine, Chile “O” Circuit Trek
      • Aconcagua, Argentina
    • OCEANIA
      • Te Araroa
        • Northland
        • Auckland
        • Waikato/King Country
        • Whanganui
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        • Wellington
        • Nelson/Marlborough
        • Canterbury
        • Otago
        • Southland
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PACIFIC CREST TRAIL

The Sierra

The Sierra portion is the jewel of the PCT sharing the path with the John Muir Trail through the glacier scoured “Range of Light” and over the 13,153 foot Forester Pass, the highest on the route.

PCT Day 73, Mules Ear Creek to Highway 40 (Truckee) 26 miles

September 12, 2019

PCT Day 74, ‘slackpack’ Highway 40 ‘Donner Pass’ to Five Lakes Trail Junction (Alpine Meadows), 17 miles + 3 miles

September 13, 2019

PCT Day 75, Five Lakes Trail Junction to Middle Velma Lake, 26 miles (+3)

September 15, 2019

PCT Day 76, Middle Velma Lake to Highway 50 (South Lake Tahoe) 19 miles

September 15, 2019

PCT Day 77, Highway 50 to Lost Lakes, 21 miles

September 18, 2019

PCT Day 78, Lost Lakes to Eagle Creek, 17 miles

September 19, 2019

PCT Day 79, Eagle Creek to Cliff with Astounding View, 26 miles

September 19, 2019

PCT Day 80, Astounding view to Sonora Pass, 11 miles

September 19, 2019

PCT Day 81, Sonora Pass (Kennedy Meadows North) to Dorothy Lake Pass, 20 miles

September 19, 2019

PCT Day 82, above Dorothy Lake to small lake below Seavey Pass, 22 miles

September 20, 2019

PCT Day 83, small lake below Seavey Pass to view above Tuolumne Falls, 24 miles

September 21, 2019

PCT Day 84, view above Tuolumne Falls to small creek below Island Pass, 26 miles

September 22, 2019
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