Hikers attempting to walk the entire Pacific Crest Trail face some serious mileage—whichever way they’re going. This trail sign is near Mount Hood, in Oregon. Photo courtesy of Flickr user ...

His clay sculptures started a heated debate about whether art belongs in nature—we tracked him down to hear his perspective.

Find high mountain ridges, crystalline lakes, and a wilderness all to yourself on this leg of the PCT, tracing the crest of northern California’s Marble Mountains. The 56.2-mile section can be a great ...

The Pacific Crest Trail can sound like a daunting undertaking, especially when taken all together. There’s no need to feel ...

The Miner's Fire closed 31 more miles of the trail on Saturday.

It's safe to say that no piece of media has ever changed how the public views the Pacific Crest Trail the way Wild did. First released in March 2012, Cheryl Strayed's bestselling memoir detailed her ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This year, 764 thru-hikers completed the survey. That's only about 9.5% of the 8,000 long-distance permits issued on average each ...

Status can be a funny thing. Of course, it is most obviously expressed through shiny hardware and easily recognizable logos, but it gets far more interesting when you start to observe the more subtle ...

Thru-hikers on the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail have long relied on the kindness of strangers to get them through difficult stretches. Trail angels fill water caches, open their doors to smelly ...

It's the dream hike, all 2,650 miles of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail. Or, maybe, the nightmare hike, when things don't go quite right. Either way, that long-distance trail gem, from Mexico ...

Thousands of people each year set off to hike from Mexico to Canada along the Pacific Crest Trail, popularized by Cheryl Strayed's book "Wild." But most won't make it. That's because hiking more than ...