Pocket PCT

$14.99 (2nd ed.)

iTunes

$8.99 (1st ed. only)

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Pocket PCT, 2nd Edition

The completely updated and revised Pocket PCT, 2nd edition, is a lightweight (3.8 oz), pocket-sized (4.25 x 6.88 inches), affordable, and easy to use elevation guide for Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers, section hikers, day hikers and anyone in between.

All data was personally verified by the author on his 2010 thru-hike of the PCT.

The Pocket PCT is built around an elevation profile of the entire 2655 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. The mile-by-mile elevation profile is represented in chapters, each beginning and ending at a common resupply location.

The detailed profile shows water sources (each rated by reliability), water cache locations, resupply points, and hundreds of other landmarks such as campgrounds, roads, creeks, rivers, trails, powerlines, bridges and gates. Symbols identify each point of interest and includes that point's elevation (and directions if off-trail).

Commonly used resupply point addresses and other information is included in the back of the guide, including directions to each resupply point from the trail. This guide's author has thru-hiked the PCT and used the suggestions of over a hundred PCT hikers in writing the Pocket PCT.

Recommended by Barbara Egbert, veteran PCT hiker and author of "Zero Days"

Why the Pocket PCT?

• Pocket-sized (4.25 x 6.88 inches) and lightweight (3.8 oz)
• All the information is in one place - no flipping back and forth
• Highly visual - easy to read at a glance
• Easy to calculate the next available water source
• Accurate elevation profiles, elevation data sampled every 1/4 mile
• Includes resupply locations, mailing addresses and directions from the trail
• Water reliability and water cache information included
• About 60 trail miles condensed to a single double sided page
• Mile markers match closely with the Data Book

Is the Pocket PCT a standalone guide?

• The Pocket PCT does not include maps. HikeThru recommends that hikers should always carry maps.  Affordable maps of the entire PCT are available in the Pacific Crest Trail guidebooks by Wilderness Press.  These books are available at the pcta.org store.