As a PCTA Technical Advisor, Heidi brings her expert skill set up and down the trail to educate and oversee trail maintenance and reconstruction. She spends most the year inserted into the corps crews that work on the trail. Heidi is also a seasoned long-distance hiker.
This piece was co-written by Reba Berg, a member of the Gold Six NCCC team who also acts as the team’s Media Relations Specialist. Reba hails from the great state of Minnesota.
While I embarked on a long distance PCT hike back in 2005, the overwhelming take-away for me was ... Read more
An already high user rate on the PCT in Southern California, combined with the annual concentration of thru-hikers passing through the area each spring, forces us to examine an issue that has been growing over the years: improper human waste disposal along the trail. Uncovered feces, barely covered feces, and ... Read more
As any ol’ trail hound can attest to, a trail crew is a unique family that typically begins as a group of strangers and over the course of days, weeks and months evolves into a tightly knit weave of independent characters bonded by sweat, successes, strange smells, bad jokes, long ... Read more
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