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|lowest=Cascade Locks, |difficulty=Moderate to Strenuous |months=Late April to Late September |sights=Sierra Nevada (U.S.) Cascade Range |hazards=Severe Weather Dehydration Wildlife }} The Pacific Crest Trail (commonly abbreviated as the PCT, and officially designated as the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail) is a long-distance hiking and equestrian trail closely aligned with the highest portion of the Sierra Nevada and Cascade mountain ranges, which lie east of the U.S. Pacific coast. The trail's southern terminus is on the U.S. border with Mexico, just south of Campo, California and its northern terminus on the U.S.–Canada border on the edge of Manning Park in British Columbia; its corridor through the U.S. is in the states of California, Oregon, and Washington. The Pacific Crest Trail is long〔 and ranges in elevation from just above sea level at the Oregon–Washington border to 〔 at Forester Pass in the Sierra Nevada. The route passes through 25 national forests and 7 national parks.〔"Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail." Parks Directory of the United States. 2004 ed.〕 Its midpoint is near Chester, California (near Mt. Lassen), where the Sierra and Cascade mountain ranges meet.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=Trimble Outdoors )〕 It was designated a National Scenic Trail in 1968, although it was not officially completed until 1993.〔 The PCT was conceived by Clinton Churchill Clarke in 1932. It received official status under the National Trails System Act of 1968. It is the westernmost and second longest component of the Triple Crown of Hiking, and is part of the 6,875-mile Great Western Loop. ==Route== The route is mostly through National Forest and protected wilderness. The trail avoids civilization, and covers scenic and pristine mountainous terrain with few roads. It passes through the Laguna, Santa Rosa, San Jacinto, San Bernardino, San Gabriel, Liebre, Tehachapi, Sierra Nevada, and Klamath ranges in California, and the Cascade Range in California, Oregon, and Washington. A parallel route for bicycles, the Pacific Crest Bicycle Trail (PCBT) is a route designed closely parallel to the PCT on roads. The PCT and PCBT cross in about 27 places along their routes. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Pacific Crest Trail」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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