Landon Coates Welsh is a PCTA Technical Advisor. He spent the last two years working on the PCT leading an American Conservation Experience Corps crew. Landon is an avid traveler and spent last winter in Ladakh, India, helping construct artificial glaciers to combat the effects of climate change in the region. He enjoys playing guitar, exploring the local music scene and, of course, backpacking.
Valentine’s Day 2019 brought a winter storm the likes of which hadn’t been seen in Southern California in 100 years. Accordingly dubbed a “once-in-a-century” weather event, high winds and rainfall flooded lakes, washed out roads and scoured parts of the Pacific Crest Trail off hillsides.
In addition to the washouts, ... Read more
We’re thrilled to report that the Pacific Crest Trail is open again above Idyllwild, Calif., after years of hard work by the Pacific Crest Trail Association in partnership with the American Conservation Experience and the U.S. Forest Service.
It’s no secret that fires in California are more violent and more ... Read more
For what feels like the 100th time this season, a team of six tired 20-somethings bushwhack up a near vertical access trail in the San Jacinto mountains, where they spend eight days camped on a ridge at 7,000 feet above sea level. Sweltering in the desert morning heat, they soon ... Read more
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