As the Trail Information Manager, Jack works to connect people to the PCT. He's involved with a wide variety of projects that help the trail, the trail's users and the community that surrounds the experience. He has thru-hiked (Pacific Crest Trail in 2006; Colorado Trail in 2008; Continental Divide Trail in 2010) and is an obsessed weekend warrior.
The Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail is finally open through Glacier Peak Wilderness. This long trail just grew another five miles.
Following severe flood damage in the fall of 2003, the PCT was temporarily rerouted on an unpopular detour. With repairs completed, the trail once again crosses the Suiattle River ... Read more
If you spend a weekend on the PCT in the Big Bend Region you may run into Janette Storer but you better watch out, Janette has a contagious enthusiasm and she loves to get people excited about the PCT! Janette has spent more than 80 volunteer hours this past year ... Read more
PCTA has hired Jack Haskel as the new Trail Information Specialist. In this role, Jack will act as the primary information source for trail users, the general public and PCTA’s members. He will be strengthening PCTA’s trail information program to position PCTA as the best source of information about the ... Read more
Over 1,300 acres of extraordinary habitat at Siskiyou Summit in southern Oregon, including more than a mile of the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) on private land near Pilot Rock, has been permanently protected by a conservation easement donated to the Southern Oregon Land Conservancy. Property owners Nancy Ames Cole and ... Read more
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