Mark Larabee is the PCTA's Advocacy Director. He is the former editor of the "PCT Communicator" magazine and co-author of "The Pacific Crest Trail: Exploring America's Wilderness Trail" published in 2016. Larabee is a journalist, part of a team who won the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for breaking news for The Oregonian newspaper. He hiked the PCT across Oregon for a 2005 series for the paper and has been with PCTA since 2010. He lives in Portland.
In the upcoming summer issue of the PCT Communicator, PCTA supporter Laraine Downer has a touching piece about her late friend, Charles Hoeppner.
Charlie, as she called him, was an accomplished artist with a preferred medium of drawing. He supported his simple lifestyle as a botanical illustrator and was constantly ... Read more
The Pacific Crest Trail took an important and much-anticipated step this week toward the original 1930’s grand vision of a footpath that follows the mountain crest of Pacific states.
The Tejon Ranch Conservancy received the final paperwork on a long-negotiated 10,000-acre conservation easement from the Tejon Ranch Company protecting the ... Read more
On April 2, the Trust for Public Land and the U.S. Forest Service finalized the purchase of 808 acres within the boundaries of the San Bernardino National Forest, south of Idyllwild, in Southern California. The $2.65 million Fleming Ranch purchase permanently protects views from the Pacific Crest Trail, which is ... Read more
There’s something about a photo contest dedicated to the Pacific Crest Trail that’s hard to beat.
For one, the trail winds through some of the most beautiful places in the world. Every photograph with a person in it drips with happiness. And every picture is a donation by a volunteer ... Read more
More than 100 people attended our 2014 annual meeting Saturday, April 12. The event allows us to formally recognize outstanding volunteers and to announce our financial results from the previous year. It’s also a great and enjoyable way for PCTA staff to engage with members, volunteers and donors.
Volunteers are ... Read more
Another portion of the Pacific Crest Trail once held by a private timber company in Southern Oregon is now permanently protected.
Late last week the Conservation Fund announced that it transferred 930 acres once owned by the Hancock Timber Resource Group to the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for protection ... Read more
Deep in the William O. Douglas Wilderness in Washington, the Pacific Crest Trail crosses the Bumping River near Goodwin Meadows. The bridge there washed out years ago, and hikers were using a log to cross the rapid water, while stock riders had to navigate the river.
Our partners, the Back ... Read more
Long-time PCTA organizer, leader and trail maintainer Paul Martin Smith died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, following complications from cancer. He was 64.
Paul, PCTA’s 2009 Regional Trail Maintainer of the Year, led the Mid-Oregon Volunteers for many years. A PCTA volunteer since 2006, he was highly recognized for his unselfish ... Read more
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