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Halfway Anywhere: The Pacific Crest Trail Gear Guide (2024 Survey)

This post covers the highest-rated gear, the most common gear, base weights, gear advice, and more.

Halfway Anywhere: The Pacific Crest Trail Gear Guide (2024 Survey)

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September 11, 2025
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Halfway Anywhere: The Pacific Crest Trail Gear Guide (2024 Survey)

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The Pacific Crest Trail Gear Guide (2024 Survey)

In the second installment of this year’s Pacific Crest Trail Hiker Survey, we dive into gear for hiking the PCT. Pacific Crest Trail gear lists vary wildly between hikers, and (spoiler alert) finding a perfect PCT gear list is impossible. That said, we can try.

I’ve organized this in a way that I hope will give a comprehensive picture of what gear PCT thru-hikers are using. This post covers the highest-rated gear, the most common gear, base weights, gear advice, and more.

Continue reading to learn more about gear for the Pacific Crest Trail, written by Mac.

Halfway Anywhere: The Pacific Crest Trail Gear Guide (2024 Survey)

The Pacific Crest Trail Gear Guide (2024 Survey)

In the second installment of this year’s Pacific Crest Trail Hiker Survey, we dive into gear for hiking the PCT. Pacific Crest Trail gear lists vary wildly between hikers, and (spoiler alert) finding a perfect PCT gear list is impossible. That said, we can try.

I’ve organized this in a way that I hope will give a comprehensive picture of what gear PCT thru-hikers are using. This post covers the highest-rated gear, the most common gear, base weights, gear advice, and more.

Continue reading to learn more about gear for the Pacific Crest Trail, written by Mac.

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Tyler 'Mac' Fox, the voice behind Halfway Anywhere, is a multifaceted adventurer, thru-hiker, bikepacker, ultrarunner, and van dweller, after a pivotal experience thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in 2013.
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Halfway Anywhere: The Pacific Crest Trail Gear Guide (2024 Survey)

The Pacific Crest Trail Gear Guide (2024 Survey)

In the second installment of this year’s Pacific Crest Trail Hiker Survey, we dive into gear for hiking the PCT. Pacific Crest Trail gear lists vary wildly between hikers, and (spoiler alert) finding a perfect PCT gear list is impossible. That said, we can try.

I’ve organized this in a way that I hope will give a comprehensive picture of what gear PCT thru-hikers are using. This post covers the highest-rated gear, the most common gear, base weights, gear advice, and more.

Continue reading to learn more about gear for the Pacific Crest Trail, written by Mac.

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Mac
Tyler 'Mac' Fox, the voice behind Halfway Anywhere, is a multifaceted adventurer, thru-hiker, bikepacker, ultrarunner, and van dweller, after a pivotal experience thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail in 2013.
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