$10,000? Cost of Hiking Pacific Crest Trail Skyrockets

January 31, 2025

The 2024 Pacific Crest Trail hiker survey is out, and its data will interest long-distance backpackers.

Halfway Anywhere, a blog run by long-distance athlete Tyler Fox, compiles the annual survey. It’s an in-depth look at a host of metrics from age and ethnicity to money spent and technology used on the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT).

This year, 764 thru-hikers completed the survey. The Pacific Crest Trail Association issues up to 8,000 long-distance permits per year. So, while the survey is far from comprehensive, it’s nevertheless a decent sample size. Explorers Web