{"id":724,"date":"2022-06-18T22:14:28","date_gmt":"2022-06-19T05:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/?p=724"},"modified":"2022-10-06T21:25:42","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T04:25:42","slug":"pct-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/pct-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"PCT Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Pacific Crest Hiking Trail<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_727\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-727\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hikes\/silver-lake-bucks\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-727\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/trailtoPCT.jpg\" alt=\"trailtoPCT\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/trailtoPCT.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/trailtoPCT-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/trailtoPCT-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-727\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bucks Lake Wilderness &#8211; Silver Lake to Gold Lake ridge line hiking trail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/active\/campstuff\/pct.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-494 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/pct.gif\" alt=\"pct\" width=\"198\" height=\"203\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Highlights of the PCT route:<\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #33cccc;\"><i> (from south to north)<\/i><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=310\">San Diego Mountains<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/active\/campstuff\/SP\/anza.html\">Anza Borrego Desert SP<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=200\">Idyllwild, California<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hikes\/san-jacinto-wilderness\/\">San Jacinto Mountain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=41\">Big Bear Lake<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=233\">Lake Arrowhead<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hotsprings\/deep-creek-hot-springs\/\">Deep Creek Hot Springs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=525\">Wrightwood, California<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-549 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/pinetree.png\" alt=\"pinetree\" width=\"132\" height=\"132\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Mount Pacifico (7124&#8242; elev)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wildflowers\/california-poppy-reserve\/\">Antelope Valley<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/campsites\/jawbone-canyon\/\">Jawbone Canyon<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hikes\/chimney-peak-backcountry-byway\/\">Chimney Peak BLM<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitpost.org\/olancha-peak\/150506\">Olancha Peak<\/a> (12,123&#8242;)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.net\/shop\/mount-whitney-hiking-maps\/\">Mount Whitney<\/a> (14,494&#8242;)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hikes\/onion-valley-campground\/\">Kearsarge Pass<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.summitpost.org\/palisades\/171074\">Palisades Glacier<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hikes\/john-muir-wilderness\/\">John Muir Wilderness<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-18 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/snow.png\" alt=\"snow\" width=\"132\" height=\"132\" \/><\/li>\n<li>Vermillion @ <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/danamite\/4820880297\/\">Edison Lake<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=273\">Mammoth Mountain<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/backroads\/1s63-inyo-nf\/\">June Lake Loop<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wilderness\/ansel-adams-wilderness\/\">Ansel Adams Wilderness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/tripez\/trips\/120.html\">Tioga Pass<\/a> (9945&#8242;)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/active\/campstuff\/NP\/yosemite.html\">Yosemite National Park<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hikes\/saddlebag-lake-campground\/\">Saddlebag Lake<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hikes\/hoover-wilderness\/\">Hoover Wilderness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/tripez\/trips\/108.html\">Sonora Pass<\/a> (9625&#8242;)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.net\/shop\/carson-iceberg-wilderness-map\/\">Carson Iceberg Wilderness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/tripez\/trips\/4.html\">Ebbetts Pass<\/a> (8732&#8242;)<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-654 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/mountains.png\" alt=\"mountains\" width=\"132\" height=\"132\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hikes\/blue-lakes-california\/\">Blue Lakes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=241\">Lake Tahoe Basin<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wilderness\/desolation-wilderness\/\">Desolation Wilderness<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Granite Chief Wilderness<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=324\">Donner Pass<\/a> (7088&#8242;)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hikes\/faucherie-lake\/\">Faucherie Lake<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=450\">Sierra City, CA<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/sightsee\/sierra-buttes-california\/\">Sierra Buttes<\/a> (8591&#8242;)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/sightsee\/lakes-basin-recreation-area\/\">Lakes Basin Recreation Area<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/hikes\/bucks-lake-wilderness\/\">Bucks Lake Wilderness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/feather-river-california\/\">Feather River<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=32\">Belden Town<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/active\/campstuff\/NP\/lassvol.html\">Lassen National Park<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=187\">Hat Creek, California<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/fish.png\" alt=\"Water\" width=\"132\" height=\"132\" \/><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=56\">Burney Falls<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hikemtshasta.com\/category\/klamath-mountains\/trinity-divide\/castle-crags\/\">Castle Crags Wilderness<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hikemtshasta.com\/2020\/06\/24\/wild-concrete-exploring-the-scott-mountains-and-trinity-divides-cement-formations\/\">Scott Mountains<\/a> (6899&#8242;)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destin\/california-towns.php?tid=157\">Fort Jones<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Russian Wilderness<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/outside\/wilderness\/marble-mountain-wilderness\/\">Marble Mountains Wilderness<\/a> (7442&#8242;)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/destinations\/klamath-river-california\/\">Klamath River<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.net\/shop\/red-buttes-wilderness-map\/\">Red Buttes Wilderness<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-473\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/hiker.png\" alt=\"hiker\" width=\"145\" height=\"145\" \/> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-653\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/horseback.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"132\" height=\"132\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/active\/camp\/elev.html\">elevation: high altitude <\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/totalescape.net\/shop\/recreation-maps\/\">PCT maps: topographic<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-729\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/trailheadcamp.jpg\" alt=\"trailheadcamp\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/trailheadcamp.jpg 500w, https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/trailheadcamp-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-731\" src=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/burnfalls54-rotated.jpg\" alt=\"burney falls\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/totalescape.com\/recreation\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/burnfalls54-rotated.jpg 480w, 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