What is the easiest Triple Crown trail?

8 Reasons the AT is the Easiest Triple Crown Trail for First-Time Thru-Hikers. Let me just come out and say it, the Appalachian Trail is the easiest Triple Crown trail for first-time thru-hikers. I know that this opinion might bristle some toe hairs, but it is also the truth.



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Considered by many to be the most challenging and remote of the Triple Crown trails, the Continental Divide National Scenic Trail is a 3000+ mile adventure from Mexico to Canada, traveling through five western states.

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The Continental Divide Trail may not be as well-known as the Pacific Crest Trail on a large scale (and this is a good thing), but among hikers, the CDT is largely regarded as the more challenging of the two trails.

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Physically, the terrain of the PCT is a little more straightforward, although no thru-hike is ever easy. The AT isn't so tough to hike, except for about 300 miles of some of the hardest hiking you will ever do in the White Mountains and Maine.

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The PCT has great views from day one. You're guaranteed a pretty panorama every day, and not just at viewpoints. Think about some of the PCT highlights. San Jacinto, Forester Pass, Kings Canyon, Crater Lake, and Goat Rocks, among others.

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Considered by many to be “the easiest section of the Pacific Crest Trail”, crossing the Oregon border from California represents more than just the point in the trail where marijuana becomes legal for recreational use .

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How well marked is the Continental Divide Trail? The CDT is the least well marked of the Triple Crown trails.

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