PCT 2027 Hikers

You’re Getting a Free Passport!
If you have a 2027 PCT permit and you pass through CLEEF near the Southern Terminus, you receive a physical PCT Hiker Trash Passport.
Free.
No sign-up required.

Pick it up at CLEEF on your way through.
That’s where the journey begins.
(Working on SOBO)

What You’re Carrying
The Passport is a 5″ x 3.5″ 8-panel accordion-fold document…
small enough to fit in your pocket.

One Side Holds Your Stamps.
Every Checkpoint along the trail has a custom rubber stamp.
When you walk into a “participating” shop, meet a trail angel, or climb into a shuttle, pull out your passport and get it stamped.
Each stamp is a permanent mark of that moment and that person.
If they don’t have a stamp, send them here.

The Other Side Holds What You Need.
Town by Town: lodging, resupply, outfitters, shuttles, trail angels, and local things to do.
Everything you need to plan the days ahead, accessible offline when the signal disappears.

The Two Stamps You’re Hiking Toward
At the top of your passport are two side-by-side spaces.
At CLEEF, you get the first stamp.
One word: “Hiker.”
The second half waits at Kennedy Meadows South, 700 miles north.
Walk up to the porch, stamp your passport, making it official,
“Hiker Trash.”

Nobody can tell you when you become Hiker Trash.
But when that second stamp hits your passport… you’ll know.

The QR Code
Every passport includes a QR code.
One scan connects you to the full downloadable PCT Passport PDF.
The complete trail resource guide for the entire PCT.

Save it to your phone before you lose signal.
When you’re lying in your tent planning your next day, it’s right there.
No searching.
No, hoping you remembered to bookmark it.

The PDF includes:

• Trail angels, businesses, and shuttles for every town on the trail
• Trail town events and festivals
• Best burgers on the trail
• Hiker Trash Trail Challenges
• Landmarks and must-see stops
• Trail tips and tricks
• Women’s support, veterans’ support, and mental health resources
• Freebies and hiker discounts
• Healthcare locations

The Stamps Are Your Memories
When your PCT adventure comes to an end, you’ll have built a physical record of everyone who supported you along the way.
The people and places you’ll talk about for the rest of your life.

That’s what the Passport is.
A record of a dream you once had, in your hands, that nobody can take away.

Get Your Story in the Yearbook

The PCT Passport was originally designed
to let PCT hikers know
about the PCT Hiker Trash Yearbook.
The PCT Hiker Trash Yearbook is an annual archive of the people, moments, and culture of each PCT class.
Your photos, your trail name, your story, preserved in history.
Printed on each PCT Passport is “PCT2027.com.”
Here you’ll find everything you need to become part of the PCT 2027 Hiker Trash Yearbook.

Class of 2026, submit your photos and stories at PCT2026.com.

See you on the trail…