Canada Cancels PCT Entry Permit Program

The northern end-point of the Pacific Crest Trail has always been the Canadian border. Up until now northbound hikers were able cross the border into Canada and head to the nearest towns and from there head back to the US.

… this policy is consistent with the United States’ policy which does not allow for entry into the United States via the PCT.

Hikers from the U.S. without a permit who wish to complete the Canadian portion of the trail will from now on be required to first enter Canada via a designated port of entry.

After years of expansion, openness and global partnerships our world finds itself dictated by small men and their even smaller worldview again. “Me first” thinking and totalitarianism is taking over, reshaping what we can and cannot do and in the process our world is getting narrower and dumber again. What a win.