report · Pacific Crest Trail
PCT — Sierra section
This is your Pacific Crest Trail — 50 days on the trail, told in numbers.
2025-06-15 → 2025-08-03 · 50 days logged
Elevation gain
Elevation loss: 31,994 m
Average day
29.6 km
Average speed
3.86 km/h
Longest day
40.7 km
2025-07-25
4 · Rest days
7 · rainy days
18/50 · Showers
Cumulative distance
Cumulative distance (km)
Daily distance (km)
Elevation gain per day (m)
Average speed (km/h)
Where the nights were spent
50 nights
Water availability
- Easy34 · 68%
- Normal5 · 10%
- Difficult11 · 22%
Showers
- Warm shower4 · 8%
- Cold shower14 · 28%
- No shower32 · 64%
Who I walked with
- Alone20 · 40%
- Pair12 · 24%
- Small group18 · 36%
Weather
50 days
How hard it felt
I enjoyed the day 4.3 · The day was physically hard 2.9 (1–5)
Subjective averages
Shoes
3 pairs used · 2 changes
676.3 km
2025-06-15 → 2025-07-08
⌀ 3.61 km/h
534.3 km
2025-07-09 → 2025-07-25
⌀ 4.01 km/h
271.1 km
2025-07-26 → 2025-08-03
⌀ 4.30 km/h
What made this hike hard — and what made it good?
All comparisons are calculated from the logged days.
Average enjoyment (1–5) on days that met each condition vs days that did not.
The hardest days weren't the longest days.
The toughest-rated days averaged 680 m of climbing over 34.2 km, while the easiest-rated days averaged 485 m over 29.2 km.
You got faster.
Average moving speed went from 3.6 → 4.3 km/h.
Rain affected the experience.
Average enjoyment was 4.5 on dry days vs 2.7 on the 7 rainy days.
Company lifted the day.
Enjoyment averaged 4.5 on the 26 days with other people and 3.9 on the 20 days walked alone.
A shower carried into the next day.
After the 17 evenings with a shower, enjoyment averaged 4.3 — after evenings without one, 4.3.
Hot dinner, better morning.
After a hot meal, enjoyment averaged 4.4 and physical condition 3.9/5. After cold food: 3.9 and 4.0/5.
A roof made a difference.
Days after the 4 nights indoors averaged 4.8 enjoyment, versus 4.2 after nights outside.
Pain shortened the days.
On the 11 days with pain or blisters you walked 30.3 km and rated enjoyment 4.4; pain-free days were 32.8 km and 4.2.
Zero days paid off.
The day after a rest day averaged 31.8 km with condition 3.8/5, versus 32.2 km and 3.9/5 otherwise.
The strongest driver of a good day.
Dry day scored 4.54/5 enjoyment versus 2.71/5 for Rainy day — the biggest gap in your data.
Shoes on this hike
You went through 3 pairs, swapping shoes 2 time(s). Your longest-lasting pair covered 676.3 km over 24 days.
Fresh shoes, faster walking
In the days before a shoe change you averaged 3.87 km/h; right after slipping into a fresh pair it was 4.13 km/h — a difference of 0.26 km/h.
The biggest day.
40.7 km on 2025-07-25, rated 3/5 overall.