Nick's Long Walk || Pacific Crest Trail 2001

Links

A good friend of mine, who I met on the PCT in '99, has created an excellent website with information about the trail, journals and photographs, a discussion forum, and a hiker registry. Definitely worth checking out!

Here's a list of some websites which I've found helpful in planning this and other hikes...

PCT Trail Organizations
Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) American Long Distance Hikers Association - West (ALDHA-W) PCTA Southern California Regional Page
Other PCT Resources
Craig's PCT Planning Program National Scenic Trails Mailing Lists (PCT/AT) PCT Hiker John Muir Trail Page (PCTA)
General Backpacking Links
Leave No Trace climber.org Peak to Peak Wilderness Links Backcountry Resource Center
California Outdoor Links
Mt Shasta Wilderness / Climbing Advisory Mt Shasta Climbers Guide Sierra Peaks List Northern California Backcountry Pages Northern California Wilderness Areas Sierra Wilderness Gordie's Ramblings in the High Sierra Kings Canyon and Sequoia Wilderness Hikes National Forests in California (USFS)
Bay Area Outdoor Links
Bay Area Hiker Trails of the Diablo Valley East Bay Regional Park District Bay Area Backcountry Marin Trails Cal Adventures Outdoors Unlimited (UCSF)
Oregon Outdoor Links
Oregon Trails Mazamas GORP Oregon Hiking Guide National Forests of the Pacific Northwest (USFS)
Washington Outdoor Links
Washington Trails Association PCT - Northern Washington section GORP Washington Hiking Guide National Forests of the Pacific Northwest (USFS)
Environmental Organizations
Earth Island Institute Brower Web Bay Area Wilderness Training The John Muir Project The Native Forest Council Greenbelt Alliance Urban Habitat Program The Institute for Deep Ecology Resurgence Magazine The Ecologist
Gear Links
LW Gear AdventureLite Wanderlust Outdoor Gear GoLite GVP Gear Stephenson's Warmlite Trangia Specialty Outdoors Integral Designs Patagonia Dana Design Mountain Hardwear Western Mountaineering Feathered Friends Marmot Mountain Safety Research (MSR)
Lightweight Backpacking Links
Backpacking Lightweight Michael's Ultralight Backpacking Page HikeLight Ray Jardine's Adventure Page
Weather
National Scenic Trails Snow Page PCTA Trail Reports California Snow Page Oregon / Washington Snow Page USDA Snow-Precipitation Update NOHRSC Snow Page National Weather Service - San Diego National Weather Service - Los Angeles National Weather Service - San Francisco National Weather Service - Medford National Weather Service - Portland National Weather Service - Seattle
Other Long Trails
West The Continental Divide Trail Society Continental Divide Trail Alliance Colorado Trail Foundation Arizona Trail Association Wonderland Trail (WA) Tahoe Rim Trail Tahoe/Yosemite Trail (Journal) Pacific Northwest Trail Great Western Trail Canada Trans Canada Trail West Coast Trail (BC) Canol Heritage Trail (Yukon / Northwest Territories) East Appalachian Trail Conference Appalachian Long Distance Hikers Association (ALDHA) Appalachian Trailplace Appalachian Trail International Appalachian Trail The Long Trail American Discovery Trail Florida Trail Association Ice Age Trail Superior Hiking Trail Association Cumberland Trail
Other Hikers
Stephen Martin (aka Troubadour) Chris Bailey and Jenelle Wilhelm (aka Tahoma & Gezelle) Ron Moak (A Long Summer's Walk \| PCT 2000) Yellowstone to Yukon Hike - The Walk for Wildlands
Misc
Galen Rowell / Mountain Light Photography The Photographs of Jimmy Chin / Searching in the Mountains

Here's a list of some good (and some essential) books about the Pacific Crest Trail, long distance backpacking, and the outdoors in general.

The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume 1: California (J Schaffer)
The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume 2: Oregon & Washington (J Schaffer)

The Pacific Crest Trail Hiker's Handbook (Ray Jardine)
The Pacific Crest Trail (Karen Berger & Dan Smith)
The Pacific Crest Trail (William Gray)

Wilderness and the American Mind (Roderick Nash)
History of the Sierra Nevada (Francis Farquhar)
A Natural History of California (Allan Schoenherr)
Assembling California (John McPhee)
The Practice of the Wild (Gary Snyder)
A Place in Space (Gary Snyder)
The Unsettling of America (Wendell Berry)
Becoming Native to This Place (Wes Jackson)
The Abstract Wild (Jack Turner)
The Island Within (Richard Nelson)
Uncommon Ground (William Cronon)
The Journey Home (Ed Abbey)
Pilgrim at Tinker Creek (Annie Dillard)
Arctic Dreams (Barry Lopez)

And the presses which publish some of these books...
Wilderness Press | Mountaineers | CounterPoint