#pct
6 trips tagged “pct”
pct backpacking at a glance
CaliPeaks documents 6 California backpacking routes tagged pct, ranging from 6.2 to 32 miles with 1,300–5,300 feet of total climbing. Difficulty spans 16/100 (Easy) on Wellman Divide via Long Valley up to 68/100 (Very strenuous) on Deer Springs Trail to San Jacinto Peak, which also carries the tag's biggest climb at 5,300 feet. 1 of the 6 need no wilderness permit.
These routes cross San Jacinto Mountains, Inyo National Forest and Marble Mountain Wilderness, and the months most of them share are July, August, September. Every stat below is cited on its trip page, so you can compare them like-for-like and follow any number back to the managing agency.
Wellman Divide via Long Valley
Wellman Divide is the tram side's best high-country walk: 6.2 miles round trip from Long Valley to a 9,900-foot divide on the PCT, with the …
Cottonwood Pass to Chicken Spring Lake
Cottonwood Pass is the gentle giant of the southern Sierra: a 10,000-foot trailhead, a mellow 3.5-mile climb to the 11,200-foot pass, and Ch…
Pacific Crest Trail through the Marble Mountains
The Marble Mountains' PCT stretch is one of the trail's most overlooked gems: 32 miles over the wilderness's marble-and-granite crest, past …
Devil's Slide to Wellman Divide
Wellman Divide is the PCT's great divide above Idyllwild: 5.3 miles up the Devil's Slide Trail to a 9,900-foot saddle between the peak and t…
Devil's Slide to San Jacinto Peak
The Devil's Slide Trail is the classic Idyllwild route to the top of the San Jacinto Mountains: 8 miles and 4,500 feet of climbing from Humb…
Deer Springs Trail to San Jacinto Peak
The Deer Springs Trail is the grand route from Idyllwild to the top of the San Jacinto Mountains: 9.2 miles and 5,300 feet of climbing throu…