The Pacific Crest Trail is officially Trail #2000.
The PCT was not newly cut from the raw wilderness as a complete, unified trail. It was stitched together from a series of older trails some of which are:
Angeles Crest Trail
Washington Crest Trail
The PCT has become a sort of hiker highway with a vast number of crossing and feeder trails. Is it possible to list the trails in between and the groups who care for them?
Section A: Trail System
Warner Springs Monty's spur trail into Warner Springs Resort
Section B: Warner Springs to I-10
Section C: I-10 to I-15
Section D: Cajon Pass to Agua Dulce
Section E: Agua Dulce to Tehachapi Pass
Section F: Tehachapi Pass to Walker Pass
Section G: Walker Pass to Crabtree Meadows
Section H: Crabtree Meadows to Tuolumne Meadows
Section I: Tuolumne Meadows to Sonora Pass
Section J: Sonora Pass to Echo Lake Resort
Section K: Echo Lake Resort to Donner Pass
Section L: Donner Pass to Sierra City
Section M: Sierra City to Belden Town
Section N: Belden Town to Burney Falls State Park
Section O: Burney Falls State Park to Castella
Section P: I-5 to Etna Summit
Section Q: Etna Summit to Seiad Valley
Section AA: Seiad Valley to Ashland
Section BB: Ashland to State Route 140
Section CC: State Route 140 to State Route 138
Section DD: State Route 138 to Willamette Pass
Section EE: Willamette Pass to State Route 242
Section FF: State Route 242 to Wapinitia Pass
Section GG: Wapinitia Pass to OR–WA Border
Section HH: OR-WA Border to White Pass
Section II: White Pass to Snoqualmie Pass
Section JJ: Snoqualmie Pass to Stevens Pass
Section KK: Stevens Pass to Rainy Pass
Section LL: Rainy Pass to Manning Lodge
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Pacific Northwest Trail somewhere around Highway 20 in Washington State.
Here is a message from Pathfinder:
Okay, the PCT and PNT are congruent from about Castle Pass to Holman Pass.
A factoid you may not know: the reason that I founded the PNT had partly to do with the PCT. I had hiked from Snoqualmie Pass north to Manning in 1968, my first foray to the Northwest after dreaming of it since 1962. I fell in love with the Northwest and talked of little else afterward.
In 1970, eager to return to the Northwest after a year of PhD coursework at Georgetown, I came up with the rationalization of hiking east to west across the Pasayten and North Cascades. I soon extrapolated this notion into wanting to personally hike and develop a new route from the Continental Divide to the Pacific Ocean. From my base in DC, I got a "study bill" introduced and passed (1974-76.) After founding the Pacific Northwest trail Association in 1977, I worked for almost two decades as its unpaid executive director to develop the route, construct new sections, write and publish a guidebook, and turn my original idea into an on-the-ground reality. That work continues today because and and the PNTA are seeking introduction (Oct. 2007) of a bill to add the PNT to the National Trails System as a national scenic trail. I am eager for it to pass next year. 1970 to 2008 = 38 years of effort by me and many, many others.
Thur-hikers are very welcome on the Pacific Northwest Trail
Factoid #2: I am attempting to extrapolate the PNT east to the Atlantic Ocean via my new invention, the Sea-To-Sea Route. This 7700-mile route became famous in 2004-2005 when Andy Skurka thru-hiked it in 11 months, earning the Backpacker Magazine title of Person of the Year.
Happy trails,
