What is the average time most hikers take?
Most hikers tend to take in the range of 135 to 165 days to complete their hike. I didn’t set out to do a fast hike, but that is how it turned out. • Do you feel you missed something by hiking so many miles a day? No, I don’t believe I did. I never really felt rushed. I took lots of breaks during the day and didn’t run the trail or anything daft like that. I started walking early in the morning, usually as the sun came up (around 6), and would set camp as the sun was setting (around 8 or 9). I’d usually get into camp with energy left over, despite hiking 30 or 35 miles. The three things I did miss was a bit of the social scene during the summer. After entering leaving Sierra City, I met only four new hikers. There were two hikers that were hiking at about the same speed as I was, and I saw them most of the summer. The second thing I missed was the fall foliage in Washington, which is supposed to be spectacular. The third thing that I missed was all the bad weather and forest fires that
