I'm a Pika of the Sierra, and I approve these trip reports
I'm a Pika of the Sierra, and I approve these trip reports
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Wilderness Vagabond reports about the PCT and JMT and Sierra Hikes:

These PCT reports are in numerical order
From the South (Mexican Border, Southern Terminus of the PCT, PCT Mile 0)
to the North (PCT Mile 2658.9; Hwy 3, Manning Park - Washington-Canada border)
Click on any link to go to that report. Enjoy!

To date, My total PCT pygmies include hiking from Kennedy Meadows, South (in California; PCT mile 702.2) to Mazama Village (in Oregon; PCT mile 1821.7), for a total of 1,119.5 miles, or about 42% of the PCT (2650 miles in length), making it cumulatively slightly more than a Pygmy PCT Promenade. 1,119.5 gorgeous miles rambling on our precious public lands, along the Pacific Crest Trail. Yahoo.

PCT to the JMT: Kennedy Meadows to PCT/JMT junction, out Whitney Portal, 85 miles (2015)

John Muir Trail – Hiking the Jaunty Juggernaut: Happy Isles in Yosemite Valley to Whitney Portal, 218.5 miles (2010)

Septuagenarian Transnavigation of the JMT: John Muir Trail S ---> N
South to North along the Sierra, Horseshoe Meadows to Happy Isles 244.8 miles (August 7th to September 6th, 2021 (28 hike days))

PCT (Pacific Crest Trail) Section Hike: Tuolumne to Carson Pass (about 136 miles) (2012)

A PCT Pygmy Promenade: PCT (Pacific Crest Trail) Section Hike: Carson Pass to Donner Summit (about 81 miles; ERM = 133.4) (2013)

Dancing Donner: Pygmy PCT 2016: Donner Summit (PCT mile 1156.7) to Burney Falls (PCT mile 1416.5); PCT miles = 259.8 miles. (273 total hike miles) (2016)

The Northern California Cruise: Pygmy PCT 2017 (PCT is Pacific Crest Trail): Burney Falls State Park (PCT 1415.9) to Seiad Valley (PCT 1653.4); PCT miles = 237.5 miles (2017)

Mazama Meander: Pygmy PCT 2018: Penetrating Oregon: Seiad Valley to Crater Lake; PCT mile 1655.9 to 1821.7; PCT miles = 165.8 miles (2018) .

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The below reports are about other areas of the Sierra
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Circuitous Sierra Sequoia Figure-8: Backpacking in Sequoia National Park, over the Great Western Divide. 62.9 miles; ERM = 151 (2019)

HST, Hiking the High Sierra Trail: Septuagenarian Transnavigation of the High Sierra Trail; 71 miles, ERM = 161.4 (2020)

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Marking the way on the PCT, JMT.
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