Pacific Crest Trail Journals

Hi, I’m Ali, and in 2022 I hiked 200 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail – a 2,650 miles trail that runs from the California/Mexico border and north to Canada. Here’s where I share my experiences, reflections, and plans for hitting the trail again.

  • 100 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail | 36 Things I’ve Learned & Loved

    100 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail | 36 Things I’ve Learned & Loved

    Let’s be like the lizard.


  • I Am Safe. I Am Strong. Let’s talk fear. | 67 miles on the PCT

    I Am Safe. I Am Strong. Let’s talk fear. | 67 miles on the PCT

    May 29 | 6 Miles Today is the day, to get back on the trail. The last few days of rest have been great! We had some trail-angel magic with family – eating delicious food and getting all my conversations out before resuming trail seclusion. I spoke about this briefly in my last entry, but…


  • Well, I Didn’t See That Coming… | 40 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail

    Well, I Didn’t See That Coming… | 40 Miles on the Pacific Crest Trail

    What shall I write about next? Possibly something more cheerful than before? Yes. Yes, more cheerful, because the day today is fantastic. The trail is spectacularly mine, while all together herself. May 23 | The Last Time We Spoke The last time we spoke was a rest day and a magnificent one. I was able…


  • The Pacific Crest Trail Will Kill Me | The Begining

    The Pacific Crest Trail Will Kill Me | The Begining

    Night 1 | 4 miles Because I love my family, and “see you laters” are hard I started the trail later than I was expecting. Regardless, it was amazing and perfect, and when I saw a sign that said I had gone 2 miles I thought, “THAT’S IT?!” (all caps for the greatest effect). The…


  • PCT | What I’ll Be Reading on Trail

    PCT | What I’ll Be Reading on Trail

    The Pacific Crest Trail runs 2,650 miles from Mexico to Canada. Depending on who you ask that’s plenty of time between walking and resting to get in some good reads. I’m typically a hard-cover flip through the pages type gal, but when you’re on the trail and carrying everything you own on your back each-and-every…


  • What I’m Packing for My PCT Thru-Hike, NOBO | Pre-Trail Log

    What I’m Packing for My PCT Thru-Hike, NOBO | Pre-Trail Log

    Hi! In case you didn’t know I will be hiking the PCT summer of 2022 (just a few months from the time this post is published)! ← Insert terrified-excited scream here. Since I am treating this as more of an active online pre-trail journaling log (that’s my complicated way of saying, list of sh*t that…



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Pacific Crest Trail Gear List

while part of the journey is figuring it all out for yourself, I definitely found posts like this helpful. So, today I’m sharing my Pacific Crest Trail packing list.