The day began like many before it: pack your rucksack, gather your things, briefly enjoy the view of the huge wind turbines. Our goal: to reach the road and take the bus to Tehachapi from there. But after just a few kilometers, our hike was turned upside down. Suddenly, three cute, trusting dogs appeared –…
After one of the most memorable nights on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), under a starry sky that took our breath away, we continued our hike. The morning began with breathtaking views and the knowledge that our next destination – a water cache – was only a few kilometers away. But as is often the…
After an incredibly restful night, we continued towards the next water cache. Unfortunately, I can’t show you this location as one of the local residents has a problem with it. You also have to find out the exact location via a Facebook group. Our route then led us through a wind farm. A rather dangerous…
When we got back on the trail, the weather was rather cool and windy. Many hikers start this stage at night – but we decided to set off a little later. The route today leads over the famous Los Angeles Aqueduct. In my imagination, this meant hours of hiking over an exposed pipe in the…
When I opened my eyes this morning, I could hardly believe them: The area in front of our tarp looked as if it had been dusted with powdered sugar. It must have frozen overnight and snowed lightly – we hadn’t noticed any of that while we were asleep. When we finally peeled ourselves out of…
Just a few meters from our beach spot, we found another water cache, but we didn’t need anything from it – especially not water, as the nearby river provided more than enough supply. What we did need, however, was the bench next to the cache for our breakfast before we started the ascent again. The…
The night was terrible. We had chosen such an uneven spot that everything hurt. And then I also had to assess and pack up the drama of the tarp that I had “broken” the night before. We quickly packed up our things to have breakfast a few meters away. In the Farout app, I had…
It was a real surprise: when we went to bed that evening, there wasn’t a single cloud in the sky, but the next morning we woke up with wet sleeping bags, surrounded by a mixture of mist and drizzle. Great, and on the second day – really unfavorable. Nevertheless, we packed our wet clothes and…
Today our journey began in Santa Clarita. After dropping off the rental car, we took a Lyft, a kind of cab. Our destination was a campsite near Acton, right on the trail. But there was a problem right at the start: there were two campsites on the same street and I had chosen the wrong…
The Pacific Crest Trail crosses the USA from north to south over a distance of around 4,200 km. The “PCT”, as it is known for short, runs from the Mexican border in the south to the Canadian border in the north. It is located in the western part of the USA and takes the ambitious…
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