Long Distance Hiker

Thru Hiker's Blog and More

  • HOME
  • TRAIL JOURNALS
  • TRAIL PHOTOS
  • RESOURCES
    • Trip Planning & Debrief
    • Fitness, Food & Health
    • Gear
    • Community
    • Recommended Reading
    • Arizona Trail (AZT) – Resupply Plan
    • John Muir Trail Resupply Plan
    • Long Trail (LT) Planning Guide
  • ABOUT US
  • CONTACT
You are here: Home / Pacific Crest Trail – PCT Photos 2016

Pacific Crest Trail – PCT Photos 2016

Thrilled to have had a great summer on the PCT this summer!  For Beardoh, it was a return to a much loved trail he hiked in 2012.  Sweet Pea’s appetite for the western mountains was wetted in 2014 with the JMT/TRT/WT series we did, and this summer gave us a whole summer of great walking from Mexico to Canada. Curating our favorite PCT photos into a select few has been difficult.

Our journal from the 2016 is here -> PCT Hike 2016

OUR FAVORITE PCT PHOTOS

All of our photos can be seen throughout the various pages of our journal.  Since we enjoy taking a quick look at the photos now and then, we’ve put them up here so others can enjoy in a quick glance.

Rather than narrow down our photos into a group of 25 photos for the whole trail, we have decided to do batches by section.

Southern California PCT Photos

The first 700 miles of the PCT, from the California/Mexico Border to Kennedy Meadows is largely regarded as a desert. However true that may be, it is a fairly diverse section of trail.  High altitudes are reached, the weather can be both hot and cold.  The diversity of flora is great and in season when most hikers are passing through.  Plus, it is the beginning of the journey!

Our crew that trail angel Bob Reiss brought out to the Southern Terminus

 

The Southern Terminus and the wall

 

The desert has a surprising amount of green

 

Overcast above Scissor’s Crossing

 

Gazelle, Mtn Man and SweetPea checking out a well stocked water cache

 

On top of Mt San Jacinto

 

In the brutal heat below San Jacinto

 

Tucked in for the night between the bushes

 

Some beauty before climbing up from Cajon Pass

 

Through the tunnel near Auga Dulce

 

Poodle Dog Bush en route to Hiker Town

 

Some of the many windmills near the aqueducts

 

Just south of Mojave

 

Our first trail magic with Coppertone – we met him another 10 or so times on the PCT

 

Classic SoCal PCT

 

One of the many weather worn signs of the PCT

 

Nearing Mt Baden Powel on a brisk morning

 

Relaxing with friends at Sulpher Springs

 

 

Outside of Mojave

 

Woohoo! End of the Desert – to the High Sierra we go!

 

See these other links for more of our PCT 2016 Photos

High Sierra

Northern California

Oregon

Washington

Join our email list to be updated of our latest posts.

All Slovenia Mountain Trail 2022 Posts

Buffalo Roamer Podcast Image

Buffalo Roamer Podcast Feature

2021 Gear Lists – CDT and John Muir Trail

Don’t Patreon Us, Donate to these guys instead

Special Thanks To:


Top Posts & Pages

  • PCT Resupply & Town Thoughts - Part 3 (Mile 650-1020)
    PCT Resupply & Town Thoughts - Part 3 (Mile 650-1020)
  • PCT Resupply & Town Thoughts - Part 1 (Mile 0-454)
    PCT Resupply & Town Thoughts - Part 1 (Mile 0-454)
  • How I Avoid Shin Splints
    How I Avoid Shin Splints

Thru Hiker Blog

Well over 14,000 miles of our thru hiking blogs, photos of our trips and resources can all be found on this site.  We hope that the pages herein can be of help and inspiration.

Like Us On Facebook

Long Distance Hiker

Click Here for RSS Feed

Follow us on Instagram

Affilate Disclosure

Some of the links within the pages Long Distance Hiker are affiliate links.  We are discontinuing the addition of affiliate links to new pages as of February 2019.

We encourage you to support the trail organizations that make hiking around the world a possibility.

Copyright © 2023 · longdistancehiker.com · Thanks for Visiting ·

Sign Up for our mailing list to get our newsletter with new posts.
This is typically emailed 1-3 times per month.

powered by MailChimp!

 

×