[pct-l] SoBo Border crossing????

[Eric Lee]

Spring wrote:
>
Hi -  So I am thinking of hiking SoBo from the US/Canadian border.  Anybody
with recent experience hiking SoBo that can tell me about what is or isn't
being enforced? 
>

If you're talking about starting on the Canadian side of the border and
hiking south from there, I don't recommend it.  The US Border Patrol is
aware that hikers sometimes do that and they've specifically warned the
thru-hiking community against doing it in recent years.  Consequences could
involve a $5,000 fine.

I don't know if anyone has actually been caught and fined, but given the
level of scrutiny that the Border Patrol is applying to the issue, it's
probably not worth the risk unless you like to live dangerously.  The
workaround is to start at Hart's Pass, hike north about 35 miles to the
border, and come back.  The good news is that section of trail is beautiful
and worth seeing twice.

Eric