And its Rocky Mountain counterpart, the Continental Divide Trail, is a choose-your-own-adventure epic through some of the wildest remains of the Lower 48. It is a journey of glorious misery but not really the trail you forever want to associate with your lone thru-hike. While the Appalachian Trail is dearest to my heart, it is a brutal hang, a 2,200-mile roller coaster of steep old mountains that rarely offer gobsmacking views and seem to generate their own rain constantly. If you are going to hike just one of the three iconic trails that comprise the Triple Crown of American Hiking, the choice is simple: you’re headed to California to start the Pacific Crest Trail.Ĭonsider, for a second, the competition.
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