Trying to decide where I want to spend my vacation hiking this summer. I’ve never been to Washington or Oregon so would love to hike part of the PCT in both states.

Got my eye on starting at Mt Hood and going north for 8 days. Looks like shuttles/public transportation is fairly easy from Portland airport to Mt Hood. Then just hitch back best I can to Portland to fly home.

Trying to figure out the mileage I can do there. I’ve hiked from Waterton to Twin Lakes on the Colorado trail. Would the Pct here be about the same as that. Looking at elevations it looks similar maybe even a little easier. Just wanting something to compare to that I’m familiar with. I think I can hike about 15 or more miles per day here. So maybe about 120-130 miles.

Also thinking of September timeframe.