Pacific Crest Trail Map: Mexico to Canada, Leg by Leg

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The PCT on the USGS topo

The same line on the U.S. Geological Survey topo map, with the resupply towns, the passes and the lakes as dots. Pinch or scroll to zoom in to the contour lines. Use FarOut or the PCTA’s maps to navigate on trail; this one is for planning and for finding your way around the site.

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The PCT elevation profile

Trail elevation, mile 0 to the border. The high point is Forester Pass at mile 780.8, a little over 13,100 feet. The low point is the Columbia River at the Bridge of the Gods, mile 2,150.2, barely above sea level.

resupply to resupply

The 26 legs, with trail miles

Each leg is one resupply stop to the next, the way I walked it in 2021. Trail miles are FarOut miles. Tracked miles are my Strava totals for that leg, side trips and hitches into town included. 26 of the 26 leg pages are up so far.

Leg	Stretch	Trail miles	Length	Tracked in 2021	Days
01	Campo to Mount Laguna	0 to 41.5	41.5 mi	22.6 mi	1–3
02	Mount Laguna to Julian	41.5 to 77.3	35.8 mi	35.5 mi	4–5
03	Julian to Idyllwild	77.3 to 179	101.7 mi	75.4 mi	6–11
04	Idyllwild to Big Bear	179 to 266.2	87.2 mi	124.4 mi	12–18
05	Big Bear to Wrightwood	266.2 to 363.5	97.3 mi	104.1 mi	19–25
06	Wrightwood to Acton KOA	363.5 to 444.4	80.9 mi	40.8 mi	26–27
07	Acton to Tehachapi	444.4 to 566.6	122.2 mi	102.2 mi	28–33
08	Tehachapi to Kennedy Meadows	566.6 to 702.2	135.6 mi	145.6 mi	34–41
09	Kennedy Meadows to Bishop	702.2 to 790.5	88.3 mi	110 mi	42–48
10	Bishop to Mammoth	790.5 to 908	117.5 mi	130.5 mi	49–57
11	Mammoth to Kennedy Meadows North	908 to 1,018.3	110.3 mi	123.3 mi	58–63
12	KM North to Tahoe	1,018.3 to 1,130	111.7 mi	109.7 mi	64–71
13	Truckee to the fire closure	1,130 to 1,288.8	158.8 mi	145.8 mi	72–78
	The 2021 Dixie Fire closure, miles 1,288.8 to 1,345, since reopened. We went around it by bus and a dirt-road ride.
14	Lassen to Burney Falls	1,345 to 1,421	76 mi	92.6 mi	79–82
15	Burney to Mount Shasta	1,421 to 1,503	82 mi	66 mi	83–86
16	Shasta to Etna	1,503 to 1,601.5	98.5 mi	100.7 mi	87–90
17	Etna to Ashland	1,601.5 to 1,718.7	117.2 mi	108.9 mi	91–97
18	Ashland to Crater Lake	1,718.7 to 1,846	127.3 mi	132.3 mi	98–102
19	Crater Lake to Shelter Cove	1,846 to 1,908.6	62.6 mi	61.2 mi	103–104
20	Shelter Cove to Bend	1,908.6 to 2,002.8	94.2 mi	86.3 mi	105–107
21	Bend to the Bridge of the Gods	2,002.8 to 2,150.2	147.4 mi	76.3 mi	108–110
22	Bridge of the Gods to Packwood	2,150.2 to 2,298.6	148.4 mi	161.2 mi	111–116
23	Packwood to Snoqualmie Pass	2,298.6 to 2,396.8	98.2 mi	78.4 mi	117–119
24	Snoqualmie to Leavenworth	2,396.8 to 2,462	65.2 mi	73 mi	120–122
25	Leavenworth to Stehekin	2,462 to 2,575.7	113.7 mi	123.7 mi	123–127
26	Stehekin to Canada	2,575.7 to 2,656.4	80.7 mi	60.8 mi	128–129

on the line

Towns, passes and lakes by trail mile

The Desert

Elevations on this page come from the FarOut waypoints along the line and are rounded. Town miles are where the trail meets the road you take into town.

Pacific Crest Trail map

The PCT on the USGS topo

The PCT elevation profile

The 26 legs, with trail miles

Towns, passes and lakes by trail mile

The Desert

The High Sierra

Northern California

Oregon

Washington