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
As I look over the jagged Washington mountains, I’m trying to find something profound to say about this photo project that, to be honest, started as a joke.
Hiker Trash Vogue is an editorial style photo project featuring portraits of long-distance hikers pretending ... Read more
By Jonathan B. Grant
Veterans have used nature and hiking to come to terms with their combat experiences since the Revolutionary War, when the primary form of transportation to return home was by foot. The first documented thru-hiker of the Appalachian Trail was Earl Shaffer, who told a friend in ... Read more
By Mick McBride
I’ll be honest, when I started the PCTA Southern Oregon Rockers I went into it with eyes wide open, and I had no idea what to expect or if I would even like it.
I knew that we would improve the trail and feel good about that, ... Read more
We are a month away from zero hour.
On Jan. 3, 2019, the 115th Congress will turn out the lights for good. Before that happens, we’re pressing Congressional leaders to take up some important unfinished business regarding land protection. Of course I’m talking about the permanent reauthorization of the Land ... Read more
Multnomah Falls, Ore. — For the first time since 2017 Eagle Creek Fire, six miles of the Historic Columbia River Highway and several popular trails near Multnomah Falls reopened, including the well-known Angels Rest, Wahkeena, and Larch Mountain Trail.
The full length of the Historic Columbia River Highway impacted by ... Read more
America’s best and most popular conservation program expired on Sept. 30. Bills pending in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives have the bipartisan support they need to pass. The only holdup is Congressional leadership.
The Land and Water Conservation Fund is a federal land protection program crucial to the ... Read more
By Pete Fish
Dorothy “Dottie” Geisler, friend of the trail and longtime Trail Gorilla volunteer, passed away on Sept. 9. By my reckoning she was 89. My wife Joyce was a classmate of Dottie’s sister at Washington High School in Los Angeles and Dottie was two years ahead.
She was ... Read more