Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, 2020 was not our LAST year of hosting, it was our LOST year of hosting. Consequently…..drum roll, please…. we plan to host PCT hikers in the spring of 2021! Of course this is contingent upon it being safe to do so. We really don’t want to end our hosting career on such a low note. So we hope that many of you who had planned to stay with us this past spring will still have the opportunity to hike the PCT and be hosted by us.

We host Pacific Crest Trail hikers before their permit start date – U.S. hikers for one night and international hikers for up to three nights. We also host section hikers. We pick hikers up when they arrive in San Diego, give them a place to sleep, feed them home-cooked meals, and drive them to the southern terminus of the PCT early in the morning. Many PCT supporters volunteer time to help us. In 2019 we hosted over 1200 hikers.

In 2021 we will host hikers from Thursday March 18 to Sunday May 23. If your permit is for a date before March 19 or after May 23, see the information on our “Public Transit” page.

2021 will be our final year of hosting, after 15 years of helping PCT hikers get a good start. Not an easy decision. We want to end while we’re still enjoying it. There is life outside our PCT work, after all, and we do have two young grandsons…

Oh, and to nip confusion in the bud, Scout is male and Frodo is female. I know, I know….

It is our goal to relieve your stress at the start, give you an opportunity to get to know other hikers and start forming your hiker community, and send you on your way with a hug. We provide our services at no charge and we do not accept donations. If you appreciate our help, please help Scout fulfill a dream – buy and promote Scout’s new book Journeys North, that was released on August 1, 2020. It is the Mountaineers Books’ lead book for the fall.