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.
The majestic Pacific Crest Trail through the Goat Rocks Wilderness provides the backdrop for this year’s top photograph in the Pacific Crest Trail Association’s annual photo contest. Photographer Clare Major titled the picture “Thru-rider on Knife’s Edge,” but the image ... Read more
(Editor’s note: This story was original printed in the spring issue of the Pacific Crest Trail Communicator magazine.)
When a wildfire ripped through the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area last summer and fall, the big question was: “How bad is it?
The river is the dividing line between Oregon ... Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Part of the PCTA’s work to protect and care for the Pacific Crest Trail happens far from the beauty and calm of your favorite backcountry campsite.
Every February, PCTA volunteers and staff make the long cross-country journey to Washington, D.C., where we meet with members of Congress ... Read more
A bill that would amend the 1964 Wilderness Act to allow mountain bikes in wilderness had its first hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill.
The House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Federal Lands did not vote on H.R. 1349, but it’s clear that conservation groups have a sustained fight on their ... Read more
By Mark Larabee
Trail Gorilla Al Golightly, a soft-spoken but dedicated camp cook who greeted weary trail crews with food and encouragement for more than two decades, died Oct. 30 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was 79.
Al and his wife, Edwina, who goes by Neddie, were ... Read more
Lesya Struz, former PCTA board member, a volunteer founder of the PCTA’s Mount Hood Chapter in Oregon and the force behind the creation of a single permit for long-distance PCT travelers, died this week at her home in Boston, Mass. She was 68.
A 1991 PCT thru-hiker with the trail ... Read more
Stevens Pass, a key Pacific Crest Trail access point in the Cascade Range east of Seattle, is the PCTA’s latest land protection purchase.
On Wednesday, after years of work and major help from private donors and trail lovers, we closed the $1.6 million acquisition, buying 402 acres from a private ... Read more
The 2018 Pacific Crest Trail Association Photo Contest is open.
Please consider sending in your best photos from the trail. We’ll use them throughout the year in our publications and promotional materials to illustrate the beauty and experience the PCT provides. Your volunteer photos help protect the PCT for future ... Read more
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