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His life’s work in landscape photography and conservation has been honoured by the designation of part of the Californian High Sierra wilderness as the Ansel Adams Wilderness.

The Pacific Crest Trail

The Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) is the father or perhaps the very big brother of the John Muir Trail. The US has three great ultra-long walking trails that stretch from north to south across this huge country. The Appalachian Trail in the east was the first to be established in 1937. It starts in the southern state of Georgia and heads north for 2100 miles to finish in Maine near the Canadian border. The newest, longest and hardest of the three is the Continental Divide Trail, which runs between Mexico and Canada along the watershed of the United States. But perhaps the most impressive in terms of the grandeur and diversity of its scenery is the Pacific Crest Trail, which also stretches from Mexico to Canada, but through the three western states of California, Oregon and Washington, a total distance of 2665 miles.