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How long do you need for a thru’-hike?

The length of time you need to complete the PCT’s 2650 miles will obviously depend on how many miles you walk each day and how many zero (rest) days you take. If you average 15 miles per day, you should complete the trail in 176 days, or just under six months. Upping your daily mileage by two miles will bring the number of days needed to reach Canada down to 154, or five months. If you were capable of averaging 20 miles per day, it would take you 132 days – just under four months – while a hiker capable of hitting 25 miles per day should be able to cover the entire distance in 106 days, just three and a half months.

To those figures, you would need to add the number of zero days you might have in order to calculate the total time it might take to complete the hike. Most thru’-hikers take between four and six months. If you take few zero days, you can do a low daily mileage hike in five or six months. The data in ssss1, ssss1, ssss1 and ssss1 illustrate how a thru’-hike can be completed with relatively low daily mileage. The longest realistic schedule to allow you to get through the High Sierra after the snow has melted and get through Washington before the winter snows is 180 days.