PCT 2024 Episode 45: Our Favorite Section- Days 142-143 on the Pacific Crest Trail

[@miltonakenson1863]

thank God the music is back. simply beautiful....😊

[@andydickson5400]

Great views!! This is one of the best sections on the PCT!!

[@hjr2693]

Wow! And, love the combo of music and natural sounds.

[@christopherm2210]

Keep the music, great selections... I love this section, just completed it a couple of weeks ago. Washington does not disappoint!

[@tommurphy6972]

Great video, really enjoy the music

[@servantsofthemosthigh1851]

The views are so beautiful and Majestic that you could stay there all day long and not get tired of it .😮

[@justinhitsthetrail5225]

Views here were comparable to the Sierra (maybe even better 🤫). A casual trip through this section would be amazing. Loved it!

[@kellyjohnson3617]

That section is jaw dropping gorgeous and yes full of rocks and pikas and marmots and mountain goats. You got up close and personal with that one! You got gifted with excellent weather. And gorgeous campsites with berries! The trail definitely provides. Thanks for sharing your amazing adventures.

[@soundreflections9126]

Loved this mix of music and nature sounds!

[@stillwaterhiker]

Well, this is awesome. I plan on my journey to start April of 2025 on the PCT. Your journey has been special to me and I have learned so much from you and Anna. Thank you! Rock N Roll!.

[@CindyTaylor-mr4wf]

GORGEOUS!!! You guys always find the best places to camp! Oh - yep - love the music!

[@Bypass_and_Noodle_Soup]

Amazing scenery!

[@SFguy415]

Wow, that's like the frosting on the cake that is the PCT. Seems so much more climactic than winding up the trail in the desert.

[@justinhitsthetrail5225]

Yeah finishing with this was incredible, and there’s still more amazing views to come! Can’t imagine ending at Campo.

[@redb.3885]

Do like the music, it isn’t too loud.

[@hyklyfmatto9714]

1. Your most beautiful scenic video so far! Just wow!! 2. Yay for the music! 3. Love the consistant sarcastic humor. 4. The beard has hit a new level of awesomeness

[@justinhitsthetrail5225]

Glad you’re enjoying all of it! The beard is pretty gnarly by the end 😂

[@arthurjamison772]

WoW........

[@GrumpyForester]

My GOODNESS!!! What Beautiful views!!!...and Pikas to round it out! Thank You for those views! Happy Trails and Good Hiking on this last segment of your adventure...

[@justinhitsthetrail5225]

Great views and cute pikas. Can’t beat it!

[@GivePeaceAChance12]

Absolutely gorgeous views!!!

[@justinhitsthetrail5225]

Such a beautiful section!

[@lawrenceturrell6872]

Thanks for the short break from the music. I didn't have to mute the sound and could hear everything ya'll said.

[@HuangXingQing]

That is some cunnin' country! So, thanks to you two and travlinbeat's 16 Pass trek on the JMT I've decided I'd prefer to do the Sierras next Summer instead of Spring. I enjoy snow travel but want to enjoy the Range of Light as Muir and ya'll did. I'm thinking the lack of resupply points (SoBo from the C Gorge?) in that season would present a challenge and possibly even the snow load (being that far north). Short of sitting around Portland all Spring do ya'll have any ideas how I may make PCT progress while waiting for a Sierra Summer? Also, what day did ya'll begin from KMS? And, what day would you begin if doin' it again? Thanks for all your hard, consistent work to upload these vlogs. Don't think I could manage while on trail!

[@justinhitsthetrail5225]

Maybe head southbound from Shasta around that time? I’m not sure though. We left KMS on June 12. It was a couple weeks after “the big melt” this year, so hiking conditions were good, but we got worse mosquitoes than normal. I think on a normal year mid June would be the best time to enter the Sierra. The later you enter the better the bugs will be though.

[@HuangXingQing]

@@justinhitsthetrail5225 Yeah, June-ish seems to be the consensus but I just realized another challenge: I need to finish the Desert before it heats up next year or I'll be flippin' from Canada for a anti-climax in the Mojave. I mean no offense to the lizards and snakes there but com'on! We've got up to20d above normal now so I made the wise decision to leave Temecula while waiting out the heat and returned to Sandy Eggo. Feels like SF here wif all the fog now. Oh, and the problem I think with your idea (I thought about a Fish Lake SoBo) is the resorts will be closed then and it'll resemble me tramping thru Oregon on fumes.

[@BRADYHANKS]

The two sections y’all said were your favorite…alpine lakes wilderness(followed by glacier peaks wilderness) or the Sierra Nevada Whitney/forester Pass area? Which was prettiest and which place is better hiking?