Pacific crest trail planner the pacific crest trail pct is a 2,650mile national scenic trail that runs from mexico to canada through california, oregon and washington. The pacific crest trail pct is a 2,650mile national scenic trail that runs from. Here are a few of my favorite sources of information. Pacific crest trail data book, distances, elevation profiles, climate. I verfied the data against the 2004 edition of the oregonwashington pct guidebook but the changes were neglibile or possible typos, so i did not update the data to the 2004 edition of the or. If youre looking for something in particular, contact me and ill try to help when i can. Mileages, landmarks, facilities, resupply data, and essential trail information for the entire pacific crest trail, from mexico to canada paperback december 10, 2019. Min temp is minimum average low and high temp is maximum average high in section. Hiking the pct from mexico to canada international trekking.
A compilation of the communities on or near the 2,658 mile pacific crest trail. Packed with trailtested features, its useful both on and off the trail for preplanning your trip as well as setting daily onthetrail mileage. Using your data it outputs how many days it will take between. This book is intended to be used with the two below. Get traffic statistics, seo keyword opportunities, audience insights, and competitive analytics for postholer. Importing halfmiles gps data adds all the waypoint information i think thats comparable to your data book. The pct has a better tread and grade but dont forget you will carry more water, go further each day and distances between resupplies are bigger.
Find all the books, read about the author, and more. There is a lot of information about the pct and other long distance trails available via the internet. Longer days and more extreme weather can be tiresome. The best backpacks for thruhiking the pacific crest trail. Pacific crest trail data book, distances, elevation profiles, climate, resupply. Precip is not snow, swe is snow water equivalence in inches. Books and tips for hikers on the appalaciation and pacific.
From the app without service you can duplicatecropedit routes for each section of the trail, which makes it pretty easy to look at a sectionspecific elevation profile. The pacific crest trail, officially designated as the pacific crest national scenic trail pct is a. With as significant as a thru hike is, id say get the wp books, either set of maps, and yogis books as a start. I discuss the pros and cons of paper maps vs gps devices at the end. You can filter way points and set way point alarms from this page. Some folks appreciate the extra town info, maps and quotes in yogis book. To install postholer trails gps for pc, we will use bluestacks app player. Your device gps keeps you at the nearest way point. Ive only done the lower 500 miles of the pct but there are times when the maps are useful for getting off the trail supply, town. I assume it is even better now with more thruhikers. Sacramento, calif pacific crest trail association, 2002. A spur trail to lily pad lake is to your right about 500 feet ahead on the pct.
Ben gos pacific crest trail data book distances, features, water sources, facilities on the pct, elevation profiles and resupply stations ben is benedict for author lookup purposes. This complete path guide will be useful both in preparation and during your hike, whether youre going two and a half miles or the full two and a half thousand miles. The completely updated and revised, third edition, pocket pct is built around an elevation profile and accompanying data table of the entire 2660 miles of the pacific crest trail from mexico to canada. This video covers the phone appsmaps i carried along my pacific crest trail thruhike. Northern california 4th edition october 1, 2012 the pacific crest trail pocket map series is a complete and concise set of topographic maps created with digitized base maps covering every step of the 2,655 mile trail from mexico to canada. Mileages, landmarks, facilities, resupply data, and essential trail information for the entire pacific crest trail, from mexico to canada. Pacific crest trail association 31 garden highway, suite 230 sacramento, ca 95833. What is the best pct guide book for a thruhiker available. This is this most current data available for the pct, period. Regardless, i have yet to see the trail listed as being longer than 2,680 miles.
Rybacks 1971 book the high adventure of eric ryback. The pacific crest trail data book, 5th edition is the essential, cuttothechase handbook to the pacific crest trail, based on the comprehensive wilderness press guidebooks to the pct. An elevation and data guide to the pacific crest trail. Com v101511 the data book data book is ordered south to north, all values are miles or feet red begin waterless stretch greater than 10 miles blue good chance of finding water at location bold resupply location column headings description location description on maps postholer pocket map s way point is located on.
Complete track and way point data for the appalachian trail at, pacific crest trail pct, continental divide trail cdt, john muir trail jmt, colorado trail ct and long trail lt is available from within the app at no extra cost. It tells you about climate, land cover, lands usage and lots more. They are completely verified and updated from 6,255 audio notes and 631,230 gps points collected during my 2nd hike of the pct this year. Does not account for heat waves or cold spells, may alter temp by 1015 or more. Trail journals unites hiking journal writers and the family, friends, and hikers who follow them. Included is an example, but you can also view all trail sections in our online pct data book. In 200 feet to your right the pct picks up on a dirt road passing just to the. The maps are available as geospatial pdfs for printing at home or for use on your smart phone. Although it is possible to hike the pct without a plan, having a detailed. Oct 04, 2018 postholer trails gps for pc can be easily installed and used on a desktop computer or laptop running windows xp, windows 7, windows 8, windows 8. The trail itself was marked pretty good in the early 90s.
Encompassing thousands of journal entries and photographs from the appalachian trail to the pacific crest trail, ongoing hikes to excursions from the 1990s trail journals chronicles millions of miles of hiking on 100plus long distance. The pct passes through 6 out of 7 of north americas ecozones. An indispensable dataguide book to any one planning to thruhike. Com a website dedicated to helping hikers plan their pacific crest trail thru hikes. Pacific crest trail pocket maps northern california by k. Craigs pct planner is a resource that allows you to plot a pacific crest trail thruhike by inputting a starting date, starting point, ending point, hiking pace, hiking day length in hours, and how much time to add for every 1,000 feet of elevation gained. Books and tips for hikers on the appalaciation and pacific crest. Pacific crest trail data book section c i10 to i15. Whats new in our maps this year, is the trail section overview data. Mileages, landmarks, facilities, resupply data, and essential trail information for the entire pacific crest trail, from mexico to canada by benedict go 4. Jun 01, 2016 this video covers the phone appsmaps i carried along my pacific crest trail thruhike. They have all the same great info, but at a larger scale.
As you continue up the pct a short ways you may see a grizzly bear. Nov 18, 20 pacific crest trail data book very similar to the at data book. In the end theyre equally hard but in different ways. Here are some empirical facts about the postholer maps. The data book derives its data points from the 2003 edition of the california pct guidebook and the 2000 edition of the oregonwashington pct guidebook. Which version of the europct application is taken as the basis for the procedure in the european phase form 1200, sections 6. Using your devices gps the postholer trails gps app will place you along your favorite trail using manual or. Final preparations for hiking the pacific crest trail treksnappy. Dec 17, 20 a quick and dirty cdt guide posted on december 17, 20 april 16, 2020 author paul mags 33 comments the continental divide trail is the last of the big three trails that most thruhikers tackle as part of the triple crown of longdistance hiking. Dft is straight line distance from trail departure point. Using the 2005 pct data book the trail is listed as being 2663.
The milebymile elevation profile and data table represented in chapters, each beginning and ending at a common resupply location. See our selection of the best backpacks to use on the pacific crest trail and how to choose the one thats right for you. Pacific crest trail data book the pacific crest trail pct is a 2,650mile national scenic trail that runs from mexico to canada through california, oregon and washington. Hwy 108 sonora pass, pct picks up immediately to your left after crossing road. Postholer also has a hike planning tool, a faq on the pct, data book info, and other pct info he also just put out a free trail journaltrail weathertrail data android app.
Using your devices gps the postholer trails gps app will place you along your favorite trail using manual or tracking location features. The pct traverses 24 national forests, 37 wilderness areas and 7 national parks. Apr 30, 2019 using your devices gps the postholer trails gps app will place you along your favorite trail using manual or tracking location features. Each page displays an elevation chart, water sources, and other waypoint data. Data book pacific crest trail, appalachian trail, continental divide trail. This map set includes the entirety of the official continental divide national scenic trail cdt route at a scale of 1 inch 12 mile. Postholer forum source for trail and site information or just talk about. Competitive analysis, marketing mix and traffic alexa log in. This book is somewhat obsolete now, as mileages have changed since 2005, but ties into the schaffer guides.
In 800 feet take petersen rd to your right leaving mint cyn rd still curving to the right. Precip is not snow, swe is snow water equivalence in inches, max is max swe. For many people, the pacific crest is the ultimate longdist. References here are some web sites, apps and books that helped me with researching and planning my hike. The halfmile pct app was one of the first pct navigation apps when it was created in 2012 and has been downloaded by hikers more than 37,000 times. Hiking the pct 28 books meet your next favorite book.
Pacific crest trail data book, distances, elevation profiles, climate, resupply and more. If you want barebones information about the 2,650mile pacific crest trail without all the long, detailed descriptions, the pacific crest trail data book is exactly what youre looking for. Based on data from the three comprehensive wilderness press guidebooks to the pct, this book is filled with convenient, easytoread, ataglance tables. Feb 14, 2011 the databook that is an appendix to the map books is also freely available at postholer.
Data book the data book is a tabular list of way points, mile, elevation, distance to next, distance to previous. Using your devices gps the postholer trails gps app will place you along your favorite trail using manual or tracking location read more. Some prefer maps with lots of annotations, so halfmile and postholer maps work as a guide book for them. Scott also has an excellent planning utility based on his databook. Pacific crest trail data book, gentle ben go, 2010 pacific crest trail, pct mapssouthern california, pacific crest trail, northern california, pacific crest trail, washington and oregon, ben schifrin, jeffrey schaffer, thomas winnett, and ruby johnson jenkins, wilderness press, 2010. Finishers and alumni pacific crest trail association.
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