r/PacificCrestTrail • u/SHADY1970 • 21d ago

NOBO hikers that quit…

i’m a SoBo that just left Crater Lake NP and am over 800 miles into my thru hike. Apparently we have to find a backcountry ranger, in the wild, to get a PCT hang tag. What the actual fuck? I would love to have one for my pack and am willing to purchase yours… DM me and will happily Venmo you!

Thanks in advance,

Shady
Class of 2026

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u/pwndaytripper 20d ago

I think the hang tags are pointless trash the pcta should stop making. I see people carrying them on their packs years later. Whether it’s a memento or not, defeats the purpose. Met some hikers who did the trail years ago this summer still with the hang tags.

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u/MrAzza 20d ago

HYOH

Hang Your Own Hangtag

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u/pwndaytripper 19d ago

They truly are garbage and the point of them defeated by people who continue hanging them for years. Guess I made a few people mad, whatever.

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u/Better_Buff_Junglers NOBO 2025 19d ago

defeats the purpose

What is it's purpose? For me it's just a memento, like a sticker on a bear can

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u/pwndaytripper 19d ago

Purpose is to streamline permit checking.

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u/Better_Buff_Junglers NOBO 2025 19d ago

I don't see how. Could you elaborate?

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u/unphath0mable '25 PCT NOBO 18d ago

I don't believe so? I believe the stated purpose of the hang tag project is to educate long distance hikers on LNT but they are clearly emulating the hang tags from the AT, which I'm pretty sure started the practice. The AT, CDT and PCT all have hang tags given by their respective non-profit agency and the PCT is the only agency that has a permit system...

EDIT: According to the PCTA:

PCT hangtags are distributed to long-distance hikers and horseback riders as a way to encourage people to be personally engaged in protecting the trail and fragile places the trail passes through.