World Mountain Walks Pacific Crest Trail

Photographs of the Pacific Crest Long Distance Hiking Trail:

Forester Pass in Kings Canyon N P in the Sierra Nevada,

Goat Rocks Wilderness,

John Muir Wilderness, Glacier Peak Wilderness, 

Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park,

The Pacific Crest Trail ( Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail )  is a long-distance mountain hiking and equestrian trail that runs from Mexico through the USA  to Canada  It follows the highest portion of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade  Range that runs parallel to the Pacific Ocean. The Pacific Crest Trail is 2,650 miles ( 4,240km ) long  and ranges in elevation from just above sea level at the  Oregon-Washington border  to 13,153ft ( 4,009m ) at Forester Pass in the Sierra Nevada.

Pacific Crest Trail - Desolation Wilderness in California

Pacific Crest Trail  - Forester Pass in Kings Canyon National Park in the Sierra Nevada

Goat Rocks Wilderness

John Muir Wilderness in The Sierra Nevada

Glacier Peak Wilderness

Mount Jefferson and Jefferson Park

Tuolumne Meadows in Yosemite National Park

Lassen Volcanic National Park

Pacific Crest Trail

Map of Pacific Crest Trail ( Note: Click here  or on map for larger format copy )

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