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The Pacific Crest is the highest portion of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade Range mountain ranges on the West Coast of the United States. Pacific Crest may also refer to: Pacific Crest Trail, a long-distance hiking trail; Pacific Crest Drum and Bugle Corps, a competitive junior drum and bugle corps based in Diamond Bar, California
The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT), officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail, is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada mountain ranges, which lie 100 to 150 miles (160 to 240 km) east of the U.S. Pacific coast.
Pacific Crest was founded in 1993 to serve the youth in the eastern part of Los Angeles County.Marching only 33 members in its inaugural season, [2] the corps grew in size and ability while maintaining a local California profile.
The Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation and management of the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail (usually abbreviated as the PCT), a 2,650-mile hiking and equestrian trail in the western United States that runs through California, Oregon, and Washington. The southern terminus is in ...
The first person to ever achieve The Triple Crown of Hiking was Eric Ryback. Ryback completed the Appalachian Trail in 1969 as a 16-year-old. He completed the Pacific Crest Trail in 1970 and chronicled it in his 1971 book The High Adventure of Eric Ryback: Canada to Mexico on Foot.
This is a route-map template for the Pacific Crest Trail, a trail in the United States.. For a key to symbols, see {{trails legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
In 1926 the idea of a continuous trail extending from Canada to Mexico was proposed, and creation of a Pacific Crest Trail System was underway. This system was to link several existing long-distance trails including the Cascade Crest Trail in Washington; the Oregon Skyline Trail; and the Tahoe–Yosemite Trail and John Muir Trail in California ...
The Pacific Crest Trail goes through the Cajon Pass area, and during the hiking season up to several thousand transient hikers will pass through this area after walking one of the hottest, driest, and most grueling sections of desert on the trail.