Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail

Overview of the Pacific Crest Trail in Washington and Oregon

At the Oregon border, the trail ventures into the Rogue River National Forest and then traverses the length of Crater Lake National Park. The trail leaves the park and enters Umpqua National Forest, then a bit of Deschutes National Forest before tracking the length of the Willamette National Forests and Mount Hood National Forest.

The trail crosses into Washington state at its lowest point by the Bridge of the Gods, sea level 104 feet, in Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area. The PCT then shoots up through the Gifford Pinchot National Forest before playing with the boundaries of Mount Rainier National Park. Then it's up through the Wenatchee National Forest and the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest before girdling the magnificent North Cascades National Park Complex. The final stretch to the Canadian border passes through the Okonogan National Forest and enters Canada at Monument 78.  It continues into Manning Park and ends at the Manning Park Lodge.

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