“Wheels over Wilderness” Bill Gets First Congressional Hearing

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
Trail Gorillas Mourn the Death of Al Golightly, Friend and Dedicated Cook

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
Longtime PCT Advocate Lesya Struz Dies

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 Land Purchase Protects Threatened Trail Access

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
Enter the 2018 Pacific Crest Trail photo contest!

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
It’s time to #SaveLWCF

America’s most important conservation and recreation program, which has protected land in nearly every state, will expire on Sept. 30, 2018 without action from Congress.
Since it was created by Congress in 1965, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has provided the money to set aside property for national ... Read more
Happy birthday PCT: the National Trails System Act is 49 today

Today is the 49th birthday of the National Trails System Act.
President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed this seminal law on Oct. 2, 1968, dedicating the Pacific Crest and Appalachian national scenic trails. Surely, it was a landmark piece of legislation. But more importantly, it kicked off efforts that that continue ... Read more
Billy Goat, the PCT Guru

An excerpt from the PCTA’s 2016 publication of The Pacific Crest Trail, Exploring America’s Wilderness Trail. The book is available on Amazon and in the PCTA online store.
By Mark Larabee and Barney Scout Mann
Since 2003, he has wandered the campground at Lake Morena County Park near Campo and ... Read more

Welcome to the blog of the Pacific Crest Trail Association. Check back often for news about the trail.
- Tags
- ACE
- Advocacy
- Art
- Backcountry Technique
- Bears
- Board Of Directors
- Book
- Books
- Botany
- Bridge Of The Gods
- California
- Central CA
- Climate
- Climate Change
- Closure
- Columbia River
- Community Science
- Conservation
- Contest
- Day And Section Hiking
- Day Hike
- Detour
- ECHS
- Ecology
- Employment
- Equestrian
- Ethics
- Event
- Film
- Flora
- Food
- Fundraising
- Gear
- General
- GIS
- Hat Creek Rim
- Health
- High Sierra
- Hike The Hill
- Hiker Culture
- Hiking With Kids
- History
- Horseback Riding
- In Memoriam
- JMT
- John Muir Trail
- Land Protection
- Leave No Trace
- Legislative Funding
- Length
- Life Advice
- Long-distance Hiking
- Love
- Maps
- Membership
- Mental Health
- Miles
- National Trails System
- Natural History
- Navigation
- Northern CA
- Oregon
- Outreach
- Partnership
- Partnerships
- PCT
- PCT Days
- PCTA
- PCTA News
- Permits
- Photography
- Planning
- Press Release
- Profile
- Radio
- Recreation
- Regulations
- Rescue
- Research
- Resupply
- Risk
- Safety
- Science
- Sierra Nevada
- Snow
- Southbound
- Southern CA
- Southern California
- Staff
- Store
- Technology
- Thru-hiking
- Town Information
- Trail And Land Management
- Trail Angels
- Trail Conditions
- Trail Information
- Trail Maintenance
- Trail Protection
- Trail Skills College
- Trail Stories
- Trail Town
- Trail Towns
- Trail User Information
- Trail Work
- Video
- Visitor Use Management
- Volunteer
- Washington
- Water
- Weather
- WILD
- Wilderness
- Wildfire
- Wildfires
- Wildlife
- Winter
- Women
- Youth