The Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA), the non-profit organization responsible for preserving and promoting the West Coast’s iconic 2,650-mile trail, announced on Wednesday that it will ...

Present in the Pacific Rim area for thousands of years ... and dropping up to 19 inches of rain in a single day. The West Coast Trail is open between May and late September.

Turns out it was to keep walking. McLaughlin left his U.S. Postal Service job in January 2024. By that March, he had embarked on a six-month hike along the West Coast’s Pacific Crest Trail (PCT ...