My Pacific Crest Trail Hike in Numbers

Note: I have included the extra 30.3 miles that I had to hike SOBO at the end (Northern Terminus to Hart's Pass)

Trail distance hiked: 2684 mi / 4319 km

Actual distance hiked (detours/shortcuts/town walks etc): 2681 mi / 4313 km

Number of days: 118 (April 16 - August 11, 2022)

Number of hiking days: 112

Average distance/day: 22.7 mi / 36.5 km

Average distance/hiking day: 23.9 mi / 38.5 km

Time taken: 1151 hours

Average walking time/day: 9.7 hours

Average walking time/hiking day: 10.3 hours

Average pace: 2.3 mph / 3.75 kmph

Total ascent: 474,380 ft / 144,591 m

Total descent: 470,147 ft / 143301 m

Average ascent/day: 3984 ft / 1214 m

Average ascent/hiking day: 4198 ft / 1280 m

Number of Zero days: 6

Number of Nero (or less than full hiking) days: 35

Total distance covered in 35 Nero days: 681 miles (i.e. avg 19.5 miles/Nero day)

Number of resupplies: 23 (13 boxes mailed, 10 purchased in-town)

Average number of days of food carried between resupplies: 5

Maximum number of days of food carried: 9

Total Cost: $9243

Food: $2945

Gear: $2668

Lodging: $1478

Transportation (airfare, rental car, taxi etc): $1202

Phone & GPS Tracker Service Charges: $377

Misc (medicines, showers, laundry etc): $574

Comments

Sofie said…

I can't believe you (we) actually did this!!

September 19, 2022 at 12:01 AM

A thru-hike attempt... successful! (D-117: 2642.6 - 2653.6, D-117S (SOBO): 0 - 17.1, D-118S (SOBO): 17.1-30.6)

It is done! Finally, on August 10th, 2022, 117 days after I started at the US-Mexico border on April 16th, 2022, I reached the US-Canada border. Walked 2653.6 miles (4270.6 km) south-to-north through the states of California, Oregon and Washington. No bittersweet moments...just sweet relief to be done 😀. We were few of the lucky thru-hikers this year who were able to go south-to-north continuously without any interruptions. People who started even a couple of weeks earlier and maintained this pace hit a lot more snow in Seirras and a hell lot more in Washington, the latter being almost hike-stopping. By the time we got to Seirras, the snow was much more manageable, and almost all the snow had melted in Washington. People who started later or were slower have had to skip parts of Northern California due to forest fires. Even Oregon and Southern California have some fires starting already. Anyway, reached the northern terminus of the PCT yesterday morn...

Resupply (4 days to go)

(Finally gave up on HikerFeed app which seemed good on paper, but never worked properly for me 🙁) 10-day resupply in the bear canister, ready to ship - 7.6 kg / 16.8 lbs (gulp!) Already shipped the first box last week

More trail magic and a lesson learned (D-5)

The day was pleasant with lots of wind again, but the trail was mostly flat or gently uphill. It also went through a very large meadow with only grass and cows for miles around 🙂. My goal was to reach Warner Springs since I had seen this sign yesterday at Scissors Crossing. The shower, recharging & WiFi along with possible cold/hot drinks was very tempting. BTW, this is the first time I found out that there was a name - "bucket shower" & "bucket laundry" - for what I had thought was normal bathing and washing clothes all during my childhood in India 😀. Made it to Warner Springs after 23 miles, well before the 7 pm closing time. The Community Resource Center provides all these services for PCT hikers. Though the Center itself was closed (no cold/hot drinks alas), their grounds were open and showers/laundry/recharging were all available and I made full use of it. Very thankful to the Center! Sinks for laund...

A thru-hike attempt

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