Don't miss the 18th annual Pacific Crest Trail Days on August 2025 at the Marine Park of Cascade Locks, Oregon!  PCT DAYS celebrates and promotes hiking, camping, backpacking and outdoor stewardship and offers a bit of something for everyone, whether you are an outdoor enthusiast or new to outdoor recreation. Over 100 exhibiting sponsors will be offering the latest outdoor products at the Gear Expo and Marketplace.  Attendees can participate in activities, games, presentations, gear raffles, and meet with old and new friends in an amazing setting.  Rain or shine, it's going to be a great time!

Vendors will be offering great food, coffee, beer and non-alcoholic beverages.  No drone cameras, dogs, glass or alcohol may be brought to the festival and no smoking of any kind is allowed in the fenced in area.  Daily attendance is free, with a suggested donation of a non-perishable food item or monetary contribution to the Columbia Gorge Food Bank.  Camping is available on Thunder Island for a fee.

Schedule of Events:

8:00 am - 10:00 am:  2025 PCT Thru-Hiker Breakfast on Thunder Island.  Food for Adventures and Triple Crown Coffee are going to provide free breakfast and coffee for thru-hikers that are camping on Thunder Island.  Don't miss the great lineup listed below!

10 am - 11am: Cascade Locks Clean-Up. Join Granite Gear and HOKA as they give back to Cascade Locks with a town clean up! Meet at Overlook Park - Next to the Post Office on Main Street. The clean-up starts at 10am. Gloves and garbage bags are provided. Participants get great swag (while supplies last, so get to the clean-up early!) and 5 tickets for the raffles on Friday and Saturday. Please bring water and sun protection and thank you for participating in a way to give back to the community!

12:30 pm: PCT DAYS Opens!  The gate will open at 12:30pm so you can kick off your PCT DAYS experience.  Hundreds of products will be on display and sponsors will be offering great deals!  Don't miss the great lineup of booth activities and presentations!  No early birds, you'll need to wait until 12:30 pm to enter the area since sponsors and event staff need time to set up.

12:30 pm - 5 pm: Headline Sponsor Activity at the Cascade Locks Tourism Committee booth: Spin to Win.  Visit the Cascade Locks Tourism Committee booth and Spin-to-Win on our Schwinn Bike wheel-of-fortune. Everyone is a winner! Come chat with committee members and learn more about all the great things to see and do in Cascade Locks, the heart of the gorge.

12:30 pm - 5 pm: Headline Sponsor Activity at the Outdoor Research booth:  Ready for Washington? Your Jacket Might Not Be, so re-waterproof Your Shell. You've made it this far, but the rain-soaked forests of Washington are calling.  Before you dive into moss-covered miles and endless drizzle, make sure your jacket can handle it.  At PCT DAYS, Outdoor Research and Nikwax are teaming up to revive your rain shell.  We'll clean it, re-waterproof it, and get it trail-ready, so you can focus on the views,  not the soggy sleeves.  Just bring your dusty-but-trusty jacket to the OR booth.  We'll return your jacket to you so fresh and so clean clean.  Don't enter Washington wet.  Start dry!  Stay dry!

2 - 3 pm: Presentation at the Stage by Food for Adventures:  "Wild" Recipes From Food For Adventures. Join the Food For Adventures team as we reveal some of our top foraging tips and trail recipes.  Discover our favorite "wild" recipes that are both easy and safe for any PCT hiker. Additionally, we'll showcase how to create our renowned "Backcountry Butterfinger" treat right at the campsite.

2:30 pm - 3 pm: Headline Sponsor Activity at the Altra Running booth:  Build-Your-Own GORP and Legends of Lone Peak.  Trail snacks have come a long way, but it's still hard to beat Good Ol' Raisins and Peanuts.  Come by to assemble a sampling of your own GORP from an array of tasty trail mix treats.  We also want to hear about all the adventures you've gotten into in your trusty pair of Altras!  Stop by with an appetite and your best trail stories for a chance to be featured in an upcoming content series from Altra.

2:30 pm - 3:30 pm: Presentation in the Pavilion by the Greater Hells Canyon Council: The Blue Mountains Trail -A Long-Distance Route through Hells Canyon and the Blue Mountains of Northeast Oregon.  The Blue Mountains Trail is an immersive adventure through the diverse, interconnected eco-regions that comprise the Greater Hells Canyon Region. The route will take you deep into the mountains, forests, rivers, canyons, and communities of northeast Oregon. It is an experience that shares our living history and demonstrates why this area is deserving of expanded protection.

3:30 pm - 4 pm: Headline Sponsor Activity at the Arc'teryx booth:  Super Soaker Challenge.  Come by to test out our ePE GORE-TEX through a super soaker challenge and learn about the new membrane for a chance to win an Arc'teryx Beta Jacket of your own!  Please note: areas not covered by the jacket may get wet.  We will have our Beta Jackets made with ePE GORE-TEX available to try on and then have a team member spray a super soaker at them. They will then watch-learn about the GORE-TEX membrane from a little demonstration at our tent before entering to win an Arc'teryx Beta Jacket.

4:00 pm - 5:00 pm: Presentation in the Pavilion by Headline Sponsor the American Long Distance Hiking Association-WEST:  Learn about ALDHA-West - Hiker Diversity Scholarship and Triple Crown Award.  The American Long-Distance Hiking Association-West (ALDHA-West) is a not-for-profit organization with the mission to inspire, educate, and promote fellowship among long-distance hikers and those who support long-distance hiking. Come to this presentation to learn more!  This year, our Annual Hiker Diversity Scholarship promotes inclusivity on long trails, supporting POC hikers with financial support and gear. ALDHA-West oversees the Triple Crown of Hiking Award, for completion of the PCT, AT, and CDT in their entirety.  We also organize a wide range of hiker education and preparedness events throughout the calendar year in locations across western states.  We like to say that ALDHA-West is your trail family for life!

4:30 pm - 5 pm:  Headline Sponsor Activity at the Six Moon Designs booth: Where the Hike Am I?  Join us for a fast paced photo guessing game inspired by popular geographic challenge games.  Teams of two, made up of one active 2025 thru hiker and one non-thru hiker will be drawn by lottery at the booth to compete for first, second, and third place prizes.  While signing up, take a shot at guessing the weight of a fully loaded backpack.  Closest guess wins a prize, announced right before the game begins.

5:00 pm - 6:00 pm: PCT DAYS Raffle #1 at the Stage.  There will be a LOT of great products to win as Scott "Squatch" Herriott and the PCT DAYS staff will MC the activity. Raffle tickets are $2.00 each and will be available for sale on Friday and Saturday at the Info Booth area.  You must be present to win or have someone present with your tickets.  Raffle proceeds are donated to the American Long Distance Hiking Association-West, the Pacific Crest Trail Association and Trail Keepers of Oregon.  If you didn't win on Friday, your ticket is still good for the raffle on Saturday!

6:30 pm - 8:30 pm: PCT DAYS Sponsor Appreciation Boat Ride:  The Oregon Outdoor Alliance, Bend Outdoor Worx, Jettylight, and PCT DAYS will be hosting a free tour on the Columbia River Sternwheeler for PCT DAYS sponsors and OOA members, who will get a free pint of beer or cider by showing their sponsor wristband to boat staff.  Meet at the Sternwheeler dock at 6:30, which is just to the east of the Pavilion and food cart area in the Marine Park.  Beer:Thirty! is the Oregon Outdoor Alliance's flagship networking event designed to bring the Oregon outdoor industry together to connect, share stories and learn from one another over a beer or non-alcoholic beverage.  To learn more, visit:  https:--www.oregonoutdooralliance.org-

08:00 pm - 9:30 pm: DJ Set on the Stage: Drew Cornwall
10:00 pm: Everyone except for sponsors, vendors, and staff must vacate the fenced in - main festival area.