The PCT 2026 Hiker Trash Yearbook
“Born and Raised on the PCT”
Who Can Submit?
- Broke your leg on mile one?
- Hiked all 2,650 miles?
- Cut short by fire or injury?
The Only Requirements:
If you stepped onto the PCT with a long-distance permit, this is your yearbook.
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Pre-sales for the PCT 2026 Hiker Trash Yearbook are open.
The sales page will close Dec. 20, 2026.
We send our order to the printer on December 29, 2026.
Books should be shipped by the end of Jan. 2027.
Purchase here.
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PCT 2026 Hiker Trash Yearbook
Submit Photos and Stories Below
The PCT 2026 Hiker Trash Yearbook is the story of the PCT, told through the voices of those who hiked it.
Scroll down for different Categories.
Submissions are made with Google Forms.
You will need a Gmail account to use it.
If you don’t have one, it’s easy to set up.
Please do not include watermarks on photos.
PCT 2026 Class Photo
Submit your photo for the Class of 2026.
These will be used in the PCT 2026 Hiker Trash Yearbook and in the PCT Museum.
Maximum of 1 Class Photo.
Class Photos are “headshots,” so we can see who you are.
Choose your photos accordingly.
You will receive an email to approve your framed photo.
As well as asking for consent to publish your contact email in the 2026 PCT Yearbook.
News from the Trail
Submit a Photo along with 40 Words or fewer to describe it.
These are the stories from the trail in 2026.
Fires, closures, rescues, records, trail magic.
Whatever happened out there this year that you saw or lived through.
These are what created the story of the PCT Class 2026.
Feel free to make more than one submission.
Submit your Photo & News Story.
1 Photo & 40 Words(max.) Per Submission.
Feel Free to submit more than once.
Photo & 40 Word Story
Submit a Photo along with 40 Words or fewer to describe it.
Create a story, a haiku, a poem, a rhyme, or any way you can, in 40 words or fewer.
These may be used in the PCT 2026 Hiker Trash Yearbook and in the PCT Museum.
This became a big part of the 2026 yearbook as a way to tell your story.
Feel free to make more than one submission.
On a PCT peak…
Earthquake shakes my sleeping bag…
City lights quiver…
Submit your Photo & Words.
1 Photo & 40 Words(max.) Per Submission.
Feel Free to submit more than once.
Photos of the PCT
Section One
The Southern Border, Mile 0 – Mile 209, Cabazon (I-10)
The following locations are just examples.
Campo / Southern Terminus
Lake Morena
Mount Laguna
Scissors Crossing
Julian
Eagle Rock
Warner Springs
Paradise Valley Café
Idyllwild
San Jacinto Peak
209 Cabazon (I-10)
Submit your Section One Photos.
Maximum of 5 Photos.
Section Two
Cabazon (I-10), Mile 209 – Mile 702, Kennedy Meadows South
The following locations are just examples.
Cabazon (I-10)
Big Bear (CA SR 18)
Cajon Pass (I-15) 369 Wrightwood
Acton & KOA Campground
Agua Dulce & Vasquez Rocks
Hikertown / Neenach (SR 138)
Tehachapi Pass (SR 58)
Walker Pass (SR 178)
Kennedy Meadows South
Submit your Section Two Photos.
Maximum of 5 Photos.
Section Three
Kennedy Meadows South, Mile 702 – Mile 1,117 Sonora Pass (SR 108)
The following locations are just examples.
Kennedy Meadows South
Lone Pine
Mount Whitney
Forester Pass
Kearsarge Pass
Bishop
Vermilion Valley Resort (VVR)
Muir Pass
Mammoth Lakes
Tuolumne Meadows (SR 120)
Sonora Pass (SR 108) – Kennedy Meadows North
Submit your Section Three Photos.
Maximum of 5 Photos.
Sections Four
Sonora Pass (SR 108), Mile 1,117 – Mile 1,692, Oregon Border
The following locations are just examples.
Sonora Pass (SR 108) Kennedy Meadows North
Ebbetts Pass (CA SR 4)
South Lake Tahoe
Sierra City (CA SR 49)
Chester (CA SR 36)
Burney
Etna
Seiad Valley
Oregon Border
Submit your Section Four Photos.
Maximum of 10 photos.
Section Five
Oregon Border, Mile 1,692 – Mile 2,149, Washington Border
The following locations are just examples.
Oregon Border
Ashland
Fish Lake Resort
Crater Lake
Shelter Cove Resort
Sisters
Timberline Lodge
Hood River over Cascade Locks (I-84)
Washington Border
Submit your Section Five Photos.
Maximum of 10 photos.
Section Six
Washington Border, Mile 2,149 – Mile 2,665, Canadian Border
The following locations are just examples.
Washington Border
Trout Lake (Forest Road 23)
Potato Hill Trailhead (Forest Road 5603)
Walupt Lake Trailhead at Goat Rocks Wilderness (Forest Road 2160)
White Pass and Packwood (WA SR 12)
Chinook Pass (WA SR 410)
Tacoma Pass (Forest Road 52)
Snoqualmie Pass (I-90)
Stevens’ Pass (WA SR 2)
Levensworth
Suiattle River Trailhead (Forest Road 2600)
Stehekin Wa
Rainy Pass (WA SR 20)
Harts Pass (Forest Road 5400)
Canadian Border
Submit your Section Six Photos.
Maximum of 10 photos.
PCT 2026 Thru-Hiker
A PCT Thru-hiker: someone who hikes the entire length of the PCT from Mexico to Canada, or SOBO, in a single calendar year.
With weather and wildfires taken into account, do the miles you’ve earned the title, PCT Thru-hiker.
Now lets see that final NOBO & SOBO photo at the border monument.
Submit your Final Trail Photo.
If you have a photo from when you started, send it in under “Section 1”
Maximum of 1 photo.
Operated in support of the PCT Hiker Trash Foundation (a nonprofit in formation).
We protect the history, culture, and legacy of the Pacific Crest Trail.