My Gear & Prep for the PCT

GEAR: Part 1
It’s here! The months (maybe even years) of obsessing over gear is over. After reading The Trek blogs, reading Gear Lab reviews, scrolling through people’s Instagrams that have hiked the PCT before, and subscribing to the Halfway Anywhere website (all good resources by the way), I finally have chosen my gear for the PCT!

Some Notes:
Gear is specific for everyone, and what works for me might not work for you. I sleep cold, so I know I need a lower temperature rating sleeping bag. If you sleep warm, you might get away with a warmer rating (and lighter) bag.

Continue reading to learn more about gear and prepping for the PCT, written by Kiley V.

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Kiley V

Hey all! I'm Kiley and am stoked for my first thru-hike ever in 2025: The Pacific Crest Trail! After working as a park ranger for the National Park Service for the last six years, she is excited for this summer's adventure. From working as a wilderness ranger in Yosemite, to a wildlife technician in North Cascades, and an interpretation ranger in Glacier, she is a naturalist, a lover of public lands, and her favorite place to be is outside (preferably at an alpine lake, with Clark's nutcrackers calling). She is hoping to share everything she can about the landscapes she will be walking through this summer, to help connect people to our earth and have a deeper appreciation for our natural world. Kiley is a lover of landscapes and little moments, of multitudes and wild spaces, of vast openness and the details on a single pinecone, of cliffs that look like they have been painted onto the sky, and of bees buzzing from tiny flower to tiny flower. She is a lover of the wholeness and complexity of this earth, and how each piece of nature plays a critical role in the grand scheme of life. Some of her favorite books are Braiding Sweetgrass, The Sun is a Compass, and Journeys North. Feel free to follow along on my Instagram at @topo.wanders !

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Add an extra layer of protection to your clothing, shoes and gear with this unscented and editor-chosen permethrin spray by Sawyer that bonds to fabric fibers and repels ticks and 55 other insects, including mosquitoes.

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This Sawyer repellent won a SELF Outdoor Award in 2022.

Sara Coughlin

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The only line of defense between me and a veritable galaxy of painful mosquito bites was the humble $11 bug repellent I almost left at home.

Will Porter
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