On November 9th 2025 we reached the US-Mexican border, after having lived on the trail for 144 days. We popped open some Catalan cava (aka the best sparkling wine) and celebrated with Miles' family and with Daphne's family on the phone. There's a trail register
If you'd asked us before the trail "is 77 miles a long backpacking trip," we would have respond with a resounding yes. Prior to the PCT, our longest backpacking trip was in Olympic National Park, where we hiked 60 miles over 5 and a half days,
This was our second to last section of the PCT! We were having such a good time in Idyllwild that it was really hard to leave, but we were getting anxious to finish the trail - we were physically tired but also excited and sad to see the end of
This post and the following ones come with a delay, since... we already finished the trail on November 9th!! Writing on the blog became a second priority (or last priority more so) while we walked the last miles on the trail as we became increasingly tired and just focused on
After the snowy Mount Baden Powell, we made our way to Big Bear, and there were many fun stops and things that happened in this 100 mile stretch! Only 22 miles after Wrightwood, the PCT crosses highway 15 at Cajon Pass, house of the famous “PCT McDonalds”. We headed out
So we finished the sierras, on to the home stretch of the PCT, where as our friend Andy (whom we met in Washington section K) might say “I’ve heard the PCT is entirely down hill from here.” Short resupplies, light packs, easy walking, warm weather in desert right? Not
The time is flying by so fast we can’t even believe it. We left the Sierras on October 2nd-ish, feeling how the weather window was closing behind us. Fall and winter weather was approaching and we were lucky to finish our Sierra section when we did. Since then, we’
Last post went over our time in the Sierras from a scenery and nature perspective but we had a lot of fun (and not so fun) stories that happened during our hike through the Sierra Nevadas. Here’s a compilation of stories or special moments: In Bishop, CA we stayed
The instant you decide to hike the PCT SOBO, the pressure is on. While northbound hikers have a roughly 4 month window to cross the Sierra Nevada mountains after the winter snows melt and before the next snow begins in the Cascades up in Washington, SOBOs have a considerably shorter
South Lake Tahoe was the beginning of the 4th section going south: the Sierras, our second to last section (!!). We’d been hearing magical things about it for hundreds of miles, how it’s been every NOBO’s favorite. But, we have to see for ourselves, right? So there we
This post was authored by Grace and Dominic! Hello PCT Blog Readers, Grace and Dom here. We’re excited to let Daphne and Miles focus on walking instead of writing and to provide an outsider’s view of their trek, fresh from a restful weekend in Tahoe on Sep 12-14.
I was lucky (crazy?) enough to meet Daphne and Miles at Donner Summit ski lodge and join them for hike to South Lake Tahoe. I was gearing up for what was to be my longest backpacking trip ever while trying to comprehend this is just daily life for the hikers.