Nature Steps: The PCT
Walk the Pacific Crest Trail
$9.99 · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
Turn everyday steps into a virtual thru-hike of the 2,653-mile Pacific Crest Trail. Collect 102 species in your Field Journal and walk from Mexico to Canada.
Nature Steps: The PCT turns your daily walking into a virtual thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail — 2,653 miles from the Mexican border to Canada, through the deserts and granite of California, the volcanoes of Oregon, and the wild North Cascades of Washington.
Every step you take in the real world, counted by Apple Health, carries you north along a faithful recreation of the trail. There are no shortcuts — the trail is walked in the miles your own feet carry.
But this is more than a step tracker. It's a naturalist's journey.
A FIELD JOURNAL OF WILD THINGS
As you cross each ecological zone, you record the species that live there — 102 in all, from the golden eagle and mountain lion to the whitebark pine and the avalanche lily — as warm, collectible plates in your own Field Journal.
A GUIDE IN YOUR POCKET
Walk with the voice of John Muir — alongside Aldo Leopold, Rachel Carson, and Henry David Thoreau — through 365 Daily Field Notes, real reflections on the natural world. Your Journey feed reveals the geology, natural history, and wonders of every landscape as you reach it.
EARN YOUR MILES
• 53 collectible patches for distance, landmarks, streaks, and discoveries
• Milestones from your first mile to the full 2,653 miles
• Become a "2,600 Miler" when you finish, terminus to terminus
• Walk northbound (Campo to Canada) or southbound
BUILD A DAILY HABIT
• Daily step goals and streaks to keep you moving
• Hydration tracking to round out a balanced day
• A calm Naturalist's Notebook, a guided passage for each ecological zone
ON YOUR WRIST
A full Apple Watch app, complications, home-screen widgets, and a Live Activity keep your progress and next landmark a glance away.
BEAUTIFULLY MADE
• True to the real PCT: accurate mileages, real resupply towns, genuine ecological zones
• Warm, hand-crafted art in a single storybook style
• Fully localized in English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Chinese
• Private by design: your Health data is read on your device to measure your walk, and is never sold
Lace up. The Range of Light is waiting.
Ratings & Reviews
Improved reliability and small fixes.
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Data Linked to You
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- Health & Fitness
- User Content
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Information
- Seller
- Lost Theory LLC
- Size
- 551.1 MB
- Category
- Health & Fitness
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later. - Apple Watch
Requires watchOS 11.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
English and 7 more
- English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Spanish
- Age Rating
9+
- 9+
- Infrequent
Contests
Contains
User-Generated Content
Health or Wellness Topics
- Copyright
- © 2026 Lost Theory
