The Permitting Process
Unlike the Appalachian Trail and many other trails on the East Coast, the PCT requires a permit to hike the trail. Those permits are not easy to get for a desired start date. The PCT Association uses a random lottery system to assign permits. You can only apply for one permit once per hiking season.
The way the process works is that you randomly get assigned a time to log into the permit portal on Permit Release Day (November 13, …
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