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.
Searchers find #PCT Water Report creator AsABat dead of natural causes at his campsite near Charlton Lake, OR. ktvz.com/news/Searchers…
— PCT News (@pctnews) August 12, 2012
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The Perseid meteor shower is active for about a month, but it will peak on Saturday night, August 11. msnbc.msn.com/id/48571722/ns…
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The Pacific Crest Trail is closed in Lassen National Park due to the lightning-caused Reading Fire. The fire has grown to 3,300 acres.
MODIS satellite imagery shows the fire burned the PCT from about mile 1,368 to 1370 today but the fire appears to be growing to the north and ... Read more
The Chips fire has grown to 18,001 acres, the fire is only 10% contained. The Pacific Crest Trail Association is reporting the following closure information:
The PCT is officially closed from Three Lakes (south of the Bucks Lake Wilderness), CA northbound to Cold Springs (USFS Rd. 307) on the Lassen ... Read more
The Chips fire has grown to 6,034 acres, and still is only 5% contained. Belden is on “precautionary evacuation”.
PCT is closed north of Belden to the Milkhouse Flat area (PCT mile 1307). Expect that to grow and there is no practical way to walk around the fire.
It’s probably ... Read more
The Chips Fire, that started Sunday June 29th, has grown to 2,400 acres and is only 5% contained. The Pacific Crest Trail is closed north of Belden. The fire closure order has the PCT is closed to the Lassen National Forest boundary (PCT mile 1294), however recent MODIS satellite fire ... Read more
Updated 7/29/12, 8:45 pm InciWeb reports the Chips Fire has closed the #PCT from Belden to Highway 36. Link: http://www.inciweb.org/incident/3052/
Quincy (29 miles E of Belden on Hwy 70) has bus service to Chester 3 times per day: http://www.plumastransit.com/qcy_to_chester_23.html
A PCT-L message from Belden trail angels makes reference to a ... Read more
The VVR ferry is no longer shuttling hikers this season. The ferry has been pulled from the water due to the low lake level. We will do our snow dances and look forward to a full lake next year. We will remain open with all our facilities operating for those ... Read more
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