I fin­ished this jour­ney at Cape Ala­va, WA on Sep­tem­ber 15, 2004. I had fin­ished the PCT faster than I had expect­ed and had some extra time before the weath­er turned sour since I got to the Cana­di­an bor­der on August 24th, so I turned around and head­ed back to Hol­man Pass, WA, about 17 miles south of the Cana­di­an bor­der. From Hol­man Pass the Pacif­ic North­west Trail leaves the PCT to go west to Cape Ala­va, WA, the west­ern­most point of the con­ti­nen­tal US. Since I had some extra time, I fig­ured why not head west, about 500 more trail miles. After all, my Mom, being a his­to­ry teacher, always told me about Horace Gree­ley. So I decid­ed to lis­ten and “go west young man”. It was def­i­nite­ly worth it. The PCT is def­i­nite­ly my favorite trail of the Triple Crown of long-dis­tance hik­ing and PNT is a beau­ti­ful addi­tion and quite a change from the good tread of the PCT. The PNT is a CDT-esque experience. 

View PCT/PNT Hike in a larg­er map