What Is It?

Starting in 2027, every PCT thru-hiker with a permit who passes through CLEEF, the official home base of the PCT Hiker Trash Passport, will receive a physical passport valid from the Mexican border to Canada.
At each checkpoint along the way, trail angels and businesses will stamp these passports with their custom rubber stamps.
A permanent mark of hikers who have passed through your door.

These passports and your stamp travel with them along the PCT and back home.

What You Get.

Checkpoint members are listed in the PCT Hiker Trash Passport, carried by every hiker from the Mexican border to Canada.

Hikers download the PDF before they lose signal.
Your listing is with them on the trail, whether they have internet or not.
With limited internet access on the trail and many hikers off social media, the passport becomes their primary resource for finding support along the way.
Your listing travels with them.

The PCT Hiker Trash Yearbook

Every checkpoint member receives a digital copy of the 2027 PCT Hiker Trash Yearbook, stories and photos from hikers you may have hosted, fed, or shuttled.
If you hosted hikers in 2025 or 2026, there’s a good chance you are or will be in one.

Why Now
The PCT Hiker Trash Passport gives trail angels and businesses a direct line to every hiker on the trail. No Internet Required. No searching. No hoping they find you on social media.

Spots on the physical passport are limited and first-come, first-served. Claim your spot now and hold it for every season to come.

There are two ways to be listed: on the physical passport itself and in a downloadable PDF that hikers store on their phones, with additional locations, tips, and resources.

Become a Checkpoint

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The PCT Hiker Trash Passport is operated in support of the PCT Hiker Trash Foundation, a nonprofit organization in formation.