Lon Cooper is a hiker, photographer, maker of Pacific Crest Trail maps, and volunteer blogger for the Pacific Crest Trail Association. He lives near San Diego, CA and is known as "Halfmile" on the PCT. Lon's other web sites include www.pctwater.com, www.pctmap.net, and www.lon.net.
I am updating the Pacific Crest Trail snow information to use the “snow depth” data instead of the “snow water equivalent” data that I previously used. This information should be more useful for hikers. I have also changed a couple of the waypoints shown on the images and added some ... Read more
At least a few Pacific Crest Trail hikers are trying to figure out if any sections of the PCT are snow free. It appears the entire trail north of Horseshoe Meadows is pretty much covered with snow except maybe some small sections of northern California. I’m not recommending anyone change ... Read more
Yosemite National Park Superintendent Don Neubacher announced today that the Tioga Road will open for the season on Saturday, June 18, 2011, at 8:00 a.m. for all vehicle traffic. The Tioga Road, bounded on both sides by State Highway 120, is the popular east-west crossing of the Sierra Nevada. Vault ... Read more
Vermilion Valley Resort opened today. The ferry will be running in about a week.
———- PCT-L message ———- From: Vermilion Valley Resort Date: Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 5:16 PM Subject: [pct-l] VVR IS OPEN To: PCT List List
VVR opened TODAY. Yesterday, we had 4 thru-hikers pass through for ... Read more
Due to record snowfall along the Sierra section of the Pacific Crest Trail, Reds Meadow road is projected to open later than normal this year.
Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers who are planning food drops or resupplies via Reds Meadow Valley should be advised that June 25th is a tentative opening ... Read more
A dehydrated Pacific Crest Trail thru-hiker from Finland, who had run out of water, was assisted by the Riverside County Sheriff near Mount San Jacinto yesterday. He was transported to a nearby motel. This is the fourth thru-hiker in distress on Mount San Jacinto this season. Four days earlier a ... Read more
Castle Crags State Park near Pacific Crest Trail mile 1507 is on the list of 70 California state parks to be closed due to budget cuts. About eight miles of the PCT appear to be in the state park and the campground near Castella is popular with PCT hikers.... Read more
Quijote, a 34-year-old Pacific Crest Trail thru-hiker from Louisville, KY who was sick suffering from altitude sickness and dehydration was helicoptered off Mount San Jacinto yesterday by the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit and the Riverside Sheriff. http://www.riversidesheriff.org/press/cab11-0511.asp
t.Rex reports on the PCT-L that Quijote was suffering from food poisoning from ... Read more
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