"The Pocket-Sized Pacific Crest Trail Maps And Guide"
Dear Fellow Pacific Crest Trail Hiker,
Do you want to hike all or part of the 2,656 mile Pacific Crest Trail...
WITHOUT having to suffer these annoying experiences:
- Getting lost, making wrong turns and losing track of the trail
- Missing water sources, campsites and other critical landmarks
- Wasting "zero days" wandering aimlessly in towns
- Reading thousands of words of guidebook commentary
- Shuffling through loose pages cut from different books
Then you will want to read every word of this letter.
Hi, my name is Erik Asorson (aka: "Erik The Black")
In the next few minutes I will introduce you to my new Pacific Crest Trail Atlas guidebooks... and show you why every serious Pacific Crest Trail hiker (including you) will probably want to get one.
You will also hear from some of the hundreds of thru-hikers, section hikers and day hikers who used the Pacific Crest Trail Atlas on their hikes in 2008 and 2009...
And at the end of this letter, you will have the opportunity to order your Pacific Crest Trail Atlas online and have it delivered in just a few days...
But first...
Let me tell you a little bit about myself and my mission
Over the past four and a half years I have hiked 3,427 miles on the Pacific Crest Trail, including a thru-hike from Mexico to Canada in 2007...
I used that experience to create a revolutionary new pocket-sized guidebook for the Pacific Crest Trail, designed specifically to meet the needs of thru-hikers and lightweight backpackers.
Why I created the Pacific Crest Trail Atlas
I created the Pacific Crest Trail Atlas because...
I was disappointed that there were NO guidebooks or maps for the Pacific Crest Trail that provided ALL of the information you need - in one place.
I was FED-UP with the "old way" of Pacific Crest Trail planning and navigation, which involved:
- Cutting pages out of heavy, outdated, black and white guide books and stuffing them (along with a bunch of other stuff) into a disorganized Ziploc baggy.
- Reading about "short eternities", "alluvial fans", "willy-nilly descents" and other annoying descriptive commentary whenever I needed basic trail information.
- Cross referencing guidebook descriptions and trail data with maps on different pages (or in completely different books).
- Constantly wondering where I was on the trail and how much longer it would take to reach certain landmarks (campsites, water sources, road crossings, etc)... or if I'd passed them up.
I would have paid any price for a more useful guidebook for the Pacific Crest Trail when I thru-hiked the PCT in 2007…
And I searched everywhere for a solution... But it simply did NOT exist.
So I took matters into my own hands…
Over the next several years I hiked thousands of miles on the Pacific Crest Trail gathering data and asking PCT hikers what they really wanted from a trail guide.
Then I put my skills as a professional graphic artist to use designing a new guide book for the Pacific Crest Trail that is intuitive, great looking and user-friendly.
It was a ton of hard work but I knew this is something PCT hikers have been wanting for a long time.
A ONE-STOP Pacific Crest Trail Planning and Navigation SOLUTION.
Here's everything you get with your Pacific Crest Trail Atlas:
Full Color Topographic Pacific Crest Trail Maps
Full Color Topographic Maps
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Pacific Crest Trail Elevation Profiles
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Elevation Profiles
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Pacific Crest Trail Data Book
Data Book
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Pacific Crest Trail Town Maps
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Town Maps
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Pacific Crest Trail Overview Maps
Overview Maps
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Resupply & Mail Drop Locations
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Resupply & Maildrop Info
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Brief Route Descriptions
Brief Route Descriptions
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Pacific Crest Trail "Hiker Hotspots"
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Hiker Hotspots
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Now that's a TON of useful Pacific Crest Trail hiking info...
...but information by itself is NOT ENOUGH. It has to be organized in a way that is easy to use on the trail... otherwise it's just DEAD WEIGHT.
What makes the Pacific Crest Trail Atlas really unique
is my trademark "At-a-Glance" Page Layout
The Pacific Crest Trail Atlas arranges all of your maps, elevation profiles, data table, water and camping info onto the same page...
So you NEVER have to flip back and forth between pages of your book "cross referencing" and trying to match your maps up with your trail descriptions on an entirely different page.
Download a FREE CHAPTER and see for yourself!
With a Pacific Crest Trail Atlas it's as easy as flipping to the section of trail you're hiking in and quickly scanning the page for all the info you need. It takes only a few seconds...
The entire 2,656 mile Pacific Crest Trail is covered by
these five FULL-COLOR pocket-sized booklets
Each volume provides fully annotated topographic maps, elevation profiles, trail data, town maps, resupply information and more for 500+ miles of the Pacific Crest Trail.
They weigh just 5 ounces each... and fit right in your pocket.
Here are the five volumes:
Volume 1 (Southern California)Mexico Border to Tehachapi Pass |
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Volume 1: Southern California
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Table of Contents: Town Maps: |
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Size: 5" x 8" | Weight: 5 ounces | Pages: 116 | PCT Miles: 567.6 |
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Volume 2 (Central California)Tehachapi Pass to Echo Summit |
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Volume 2: Central California
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Table of Contents: Town Maps: |
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Size: 5" x 8" | Weight: 5 ounces | Pages: 124 | PCT Miles: 528.4 |
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Volume 3 (Northern California)Echo Summit to Siskiyou Pass |
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Volume 3: Northern California
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Table of Contents: Town Maps: |
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Size: 5" x 8" | Weight: 6 ounces | Pages: 138 | PCT Miles: 634.8 |
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Volume 4 (Oregon)Seaid Valley to Cascade Locks |
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Volume 4: Oregon
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Table of Contents: Town Maps: |
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Size: 5" x 8" | Weight: 5 ounces | Pages: 122 | PCT Miles: 488.6 |
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Volume 5 (Washington)Cascade Locks to Canada Border |
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Volume 5: Washington
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Table of Contents: Town Maps: |
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Size: 5" x 8" | Weight: 5 ounces | Pages: 108 | PCT Miles: 501 |
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Sound like just what you're looking for?
What hikers are saying about the Pacific Crest Trail Atlas
Check out these glowing reviews from thru-hikers, section hikers and day hikers who used the Pacific Crest Trail Atlas in 2008 and 2009...
 M.J. "The Nimblewill Nomad" Eberhart (with the author)
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"Only a thru-hiker could have created and published this remarkable book!"
"I am impressed by the remarkable clarity, detail and spot-on relevance of all the information. The true value has been in having concise, condensed, vital data all displayed on a single page. Only a thru-hiker could have created and published this remarkable book!" M.J. "Nimblewill Nomad" Eberhart |
 Allen "Tortoise" Shoup
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"I hiked over 16,000 miles in the past 17 years... the PCT Atlas is the best trail maps and guide I've ever had!"
"I have hiked just over 16,000 miles in the United States and Canada in the past 17 years since I retired, many with my wife Mary and some with our grand kids. The PCT Atlas is the best trail maps and guide I have ever had to plan and use for hiking. Thank you, you have done a great job!" Allen "Tortoise" Shoup |
 Linda "One Step" Rostad
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"My guide of choice for hiking the Pacific Crest Trail"
"The PCT Atlas is my guide of choice for hiking the Pacific Crest Trail. I recently completed 300 miles of the PCT in Oregon going southbound. Sharing water information with northbounders was easy – I could flip to the correct page in the Oregon book and show the location on the map. The color maps are great for easy following of the trail and its ups and downs." Linda "One Step" Rostad |
 Dave & Cindy "Tarzan and Zelda" Peters
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"Tarzan and I loved the PCT Atlas!"
“You picked us up in Big Bear when we were waiting for a bus and sold us the PCT Atlas out of the trunk of your car in the grocery store parking lot. The PCT Atlas was so easy to use that Tarzan swore by it! We are planning to thru hike the PCT again in 2010 and will buy the complete set." Dave & Cindy "Tarzan & Zelda" Peters |
 Jim "I-Beam" Banks
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"If you are going to buy just one guide to the PCT, it has to be the PCT Atlas!" "I am a map and guide fanatic. I have them all. I used to take two or three of them with me, but after the first hike with the PCT Atlas I leave the others at home now. If you are going to buy just one guide to the PCT, it has to be the PCT Atlas!" Jim "I-Beam" Banks |
 Rick & Ursula Brower
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"In 1979 a small compact version like this would have been great!"
"We were PCT thru-hikers In 1979. Many, many years ago! We lugged the big old PCT guide books from border to border. We just received the Atlases. They are great! We don't plan to rehike it again, but it would be a dream come true. We have quite a collection of PCT trail guides from the very first edition that ever came out by Winnett." Rick & Ursula Brower |
 Bill "Pink Gumby" Batchelor
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"The Pacific Crest Trail Atlas is BRILLIANT!"
"In a hiker's world they are a work of art! I showed my copy to my hiking partner, another seasoned PCT hiker. He was stunned. At every rest stop he would ask if he could look at the PCT Atlas again. His comments were: "This is exactly the information a long distance hiker needs. No fluff, easy to get the quick answers you want." Bill "Pink Gumby" Batchelor |
 Mark & Pam "The Kentucky Wildcats" Carew
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"The PCT Atlas was all that we needed on the trail and in town!"
"The Pacific Crest Trail Atlas was all that we needed on the trail and in town! We were bummed when we when we had to switch from the Atlas back to the old guidebooks*. I actually spent our zero days drawing on the maps so they looked more like the PCT Atlas!" Mark & Pam "The Kentucky Wildcats" Carew *Editor's Note: At the time of the Wildcat's thru-hike Volumes 2-4 were not yet available. |
 Marion Davison (with Monty
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"This is such a huge upgrade... I am a map fanatic and I can’t stop looking at the Atlas!" "I just came home from a six-day PCT trail work trek and found my So Cal and Cen Cal Atlases in my mailbox. WOW! I am really pleased! I am doing lots more weekend leadup trips and a 35-day trek this summer. Your maps will be all that I take!" Marion Davison |
 Dale "Second Chance" Edelbaum
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"Very convenient having all the data points, profiles and topo maps all together!" "I found the PCT Atlas to be very useful. It was very convenient having all the data points, profiles and topo maps all together!" Dale "Second Chance" Edelbaum |
 "SloJo" and "Indiana Red"
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"Love having the maps so readily available without having to read and hunt through so much text!" "We have used the Atlas in three areas these past two years and have found it to be very, very helpful. We love having the maps so readily available without having to read and hunt through so much text." "SloJo" and "Indiana Red" |
 Katalina "Censored/Sologirl" Jimenez
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"Other hikers I met on the trail often referred to my Atlas instead of using their own guidebooks/maps"
"The Pacific Crest Trail Atlas is a must have! Other hikers I met on the trail would often refer to my Atlas when I was around instead of using their own guidebooks/maps, which were: cut up, cumbersome and confusing. A great value for an essential piece of equipment that I used several times a day." Katalina "Censored/Sologirl" Jimenez |
 "The Fractional Sectional Team"
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"Planning time was a fraction of the time I spent in the previous years!"
"I've been planning short PCT trips with a group of four for ten years. This year I bought your Washington PCT Atlas. Planning time was a fraction of the time I spent in the previous years! I just ordered the Oregon Atlas for next years hike! Keep up the good work and I really appreciate how open you are to the hikers input." "The Fractional Sectional Team" |
 Joe "HazNoHorse" Kaczmarek
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"The only necessary, informative, condensed, and reliable source of information I needed"
"I found the Pacific Crest Trail Atlas to be the only necessary, informative, condensed, and reliable source of information I needed to enjoy the PCT without worrying where I was (and especially knowing where the next water was going to be). Thumbs up!" Joe "HazNoHorse" Kaczmarek |
 Laura "Topper" Newman
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"Love, Love, Love It!"
"The Pacific Crest Trail Atlas is really the only thing one needs to hike the trail. The elevation profiles are terrific Laura "Topper" Newman |
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"All of the essential trail information... in a lightweight efficient little book"
"I used the PCT Atlas for all my section hikes this summer. The Pacific Crest Trail Atlas was a perfect fit to my needs. All of the essential trail information was there in a lightweight efficient little book." Bob "Packdog" Drues |
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"Thanks for your help in making my 2009 thru hike a success!"
"The Pacific Crest Trail Atlas worked great for me... Compact, easy to read, and accurate enough. Thanks for your help in making my 2009 thru hike a success! I reached Canada on September 27th!!!!" Nancy Huber |
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"I have never seen ANY hiker book or guide for ANY area done as well as yours!" "I love your books (I've ordered the whole set). I have never seen ANY hiker book or guide for ANY area done as well as yours. They don't even come close! I hesitated for a while with the cost, but after seeing your videos, I would buy any hiker book you might write in the future (and I hope you do!). What a tremendous effort and achievement! All future Pacific Crest Trail hikers -Jeanette McKinley |
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"Just having the PCT Atlas FREE SAMPLE CHAPTER made my life so much easier! " "I just hiked the section of PCT covered in the Free Sample Chapter you sent. Just having that one chapter made my life so much easier! I was able to pull a single page out of my pocket and see the elevation profile, landmarks, etc. I look forward to using your Pacific Crest Trail Atlas when I get further north" Janet Grossman |
These are just a few of the notes I have received from happy Pacific Crest Trail Atlas owners. But they all say basically the same thing: "The PCT Atlas Kicks Butt!"
Here is what a Pacific Crest Trail Atlas can do for you:
- Reduce Pack Weight (Each 500+ mile volume weighs just ~5 ounces. If you divide them into sections, each section weighs less than one ounce!)
- Save Space (Each volume measures just 5" x 8" x 0.25" and fits easily in your pants or pack pocket for quick access on the trail)
- Save Time ("At-a-Glance" page layout puts all your info in one place, so you won't have to flip back and forth or sort through loose pages)
- Save Frustration (Only essential trail data is included, so you don't have to read through lots of extraneous commentary to find what you need)
- Save Money (Costs a fraction of what you would have to pay to assemble a comparable set of planning tools, maps and trail data yourself, not to mention the time you will save)
Do any of these appeal to you?
And it's going to be darn cheap too…
If you were to go to the U.S.G.S. website and purchase all of the 7.5 minute topographic quads needed to show the entire Pacific Crest Trail it would cost you hundreds of dollars (just for maps)…
You would still need to buy databooks, guidebooks, town guides and print a bunch of stuff off the internet to get a somewhat complete set of trail data for the PCT…
But the problem is: The more information from different sources you add to your "navigation kit" the more confusing and difficult it becomes to USE...
That is why I designed the Pacific Crest Trail Atlas to provide you with a simple, lightweight, all-inclusive tool for the Pacific Crest Trail that lets you spend more time hiking - and less time shuffling through paperwork and scratching your head.
You won't have to spend tens of thousands of dollars and three years researching and organizing this information (like I did).
You get this MASSIVE collection of essential Pacific Crest Trail planning and navigation tools, including:
- 418 Full Color Annotated 1:45,000 scale Topographic Maps
- 242 Detailed Trail Elevation Profiles
- 1,681 Data Points (average one every 1.5 miles)
- 33 Trail-Town Maps (with hiker-frendly businesses)
- 92 Resupply Locations (with essential town services)
- 80 Maildrop Addresses ("general delivery" & private)
- 32 Section Overview Maps
- 32 BRIEF Route Descriptions
- 128 Hiker Hotspots
All JAM-PACKED into five, ultralight, pocket-sized, full color, easy-to-use booklets...
For the low price of $49.95 $39.95 for each volume, which each cover more than 500 miles of trail.
THRU-HIKER SPECIAL: If you buy the Complete 5-Volume Set you get a $54 discount!
Sound like a great deal?
Pacific Crest Trail Atlas is 100% Risk-Free!
My Personal Risk-Free Guarantee To You
Like all of my products, the Pacific Crest Trail Atlas is covered by my 100% Risk Free Guarantee!
If for any reason you aren't satisfied, just let me know within 60 days of your date of purchase and I'll send you a full refund.
I can make this guarantee because I know that once you've tried the Pacific Crest Trail Atlas you will never want to go back to big, bulky guidebooks.
The Pacific Crest Trail Atlas is quickly becoming the most popular guidebook for thru-hikers, section hikers and lightweight backpackers on the Pacific Crest Trail.
And at just $49.95 $39.95 for each volume (jam packed with 500+ miles of full color maps and essential trail data) I'm confident it's the best deal out there.
But that's not all…
When you order a Pacific Crest Trail Atlas right now…
I'm going to send you these FREE BONUSES:
These are from a new book I'm working on. But I'm going to give you instant online access to these FREE BONUSES when you order a Pacific Crest Trail Atlas:
Bonus #1:
"Power Backpacking Foods Special Report"
(10 pages) A $9.95 value!
FREE BONUS! Power Backpacking
Foods Special Report |
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Bonus #2:
"The Ultralight Backpacker's Gear Guide"
(22 pages) A $9.95 value!
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FREE BONUS! The Ultralight Backpacker's Gear Guide |
Bonus #3:
Three Sample Lightweight Gear Lists
(9 pages) A $9.95 value!
FREE BONUS! Three Sample
Lightweight Gear Lists |
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Whew! That's a lot of goodies! And you get it all FREE when you order my Pacific Crest Trail Atlas 100% Risk-Free.
Ok, here's how you order
All five volumes of the Pacific Crest Trail Atlas are available now.
But quantities are limited. So, if you want to make sure to get your copy in time for the 2010 hiking season here's what you need to do:
Just click the orange "Add to Cart" button below and enter your contact and payment information. We accept almost all forms of payment.
It's super easy. Your Pacific Crest Trail Atlas will be rush-shipped to you by USPS 1st Class/Priority Mail and you can download your free bonuses instantly.
Happy trails!
"Erik the Black"