Abstract Five hundred fourteen (514) surveys were conducted at three intercept points along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) in California and Oregon to gather information about time on the trail, smartphone use, and their relationship to thru-hikers’ place attachment levels. Ninety-seven (97) percent of the thru-hikers surveyed carried smartphones and reported using them an average of 3 h and 23 min a day. Increased smartphone use was significantly associated with the number of days on the trail. Results indicated further that with increased time on the trail, the thru-hikers’ sense of place identity and social bonding increased, while their sense of place dependence decreased. Finally, no relationship was found between smartphone use and place attachment. We conclude by tying the study’s results to the extant literature on technology in wildland recreation, and further discuss management implications, limitations of our study, and recommendations for future research.

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Pacific Crest Trail 徒步旅行者在小径上的时间、智能手机的使用和地点依恋

摘要 在加利福尼亚州和俄勒冈州太平洋山脊小径 (PCT) 沿线的三个拦截点进行了五百十四 (514) 项调查，以收集有关小径上的时间、智能手机使用情况以及它们与徒步旅行者的地点依恋水平的关系的信息。接受调查的 97 (97)% 的徒步旅行者携带智能手机，并报告平均每天使用 3 小时 23 分钟。智能手机使用的增加与跟踪的天数显着相关。结果进一步表明，随着徒步时间的增加，徒步旅行者的地方认同感和社会联系感增加，而他们的地方依赖感降低。最后，没有发现智能手机使用和地方依恋之间的关系。