Pacific Crest Trail
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Bob Maxwell, a volunteer with the Santa Clarita Valley Trail Users, plows dirt with other volunteers to help build out a scenic portion of the new Crest to Coast Trail in Newhall on Saturday Jan. 29, 2022. Chris Torres/The Signal

Going to the beach? Take a hike.

Every year, thousands of thru-hikers make the treacherous trek through the Pacific Crest Trail, a 2,650-mile route stretching from Mexico to Canada and zigzagging through three different states.  Physically abled…

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Read more about the article Through the trail: Canyon High graduate, 23, hikes path from Mexico to Canada
Zach Wims, of Santa Clarita, took 113 days to hike the Pacific Crest Trail, starting Mat 2. Cory Rubin/ The Signal

Through the trail: Canyon High graduate, 23, hikes path from Mexico to Canada

A culmination of factors started Zach Wims on his journey across the West Coast of North America.

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Read more about the article Trent Peterson rides across PCT to raise awareness for genetic disease/Ataxia
Trent Peterson takes a break from shoeing his two mustangs, Gary, left, and Minaret, right, outside of Hiker Heaven in Agua Dulce on Wednesday, May 3, 2017. Peterson is through-riding the Pacific Crest Trail to honor his father, who died of Ataxia. Katharine Lotze/The Signal

Trent Peterson rides across PCT to raise awareness for genetic disease/Ataxia

Outside of Agua Dulce’s Hiker Heaven, Trent Peterson uses a steel hammer to pound and shape a new set of horseshoes for his mustangs, Gary and Minaret. The shoeing of…

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