PCT Facts

• The oficial trail length is 2,650 miles.

• The trail passes through three states (California, Oregon and Washington), climbs nearly 60 major mountain passes, descends into 19 major canyons and ambles past more than 1,000 lakes and tarns.

• The PCT traverses…
• 3 national monuments
• 7 national parks
• 24 national forests and
• 33 federally mandated wildernesses.

• Fewer people have thru-hiked the PCT than have climbed Mt. Everest!

• The trail doesn't actually end at the Canadian border but continues for another 9 miles into Manning Provincial Park, British Columbia.

• The PCT crosses the San Andreas fault 3 times.

• A bird flying from Mexico to Canada would travel just over 1,000 in a straight shot. The PCT is two and a half times that long.

• The PCT passes the 3 deepest lakes in the nation: Lake Tahoe (1,645 feet), Crater Lake (1,932 feet), and Lake Chelan (1,149 feet)