A cold storm is forecast for Thursday through Saturday that could bring snow to 3,500 ft across Southern CA. The most significant precipitation is expected late Friday through Early Saturday.... Read more
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Deep Creek Detour Maps are Available
Pacific Crest Trail Deep Creek Detour [mile 298] maps and GPS data are ready and available for download at www.pctmap.net.... Read more
A Big Snow Year in the Sierra
2011 is going to be a big snow year for hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail.
The Southern Sierra currently has 155% of the normal amount of snow and it just increases as you travel north. The Central Sierra is 161% of normal and the Northern Sierra is at a ... Read more
Deep Creek Detour
Yesterday the forest service put up signs for the detour around Deep Creek because of landslides and bridges damaged from winter storms. The 14.2 mile detour bypasses 15.7 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail beginning at the Deep Creek bridge near mile 298.3. The detour route follows forest road 3N34 ... Read more
Cowboy Fire Burn Area Update
A few of the early Pacific Crest Trail hikers have had trouble navigating the Cowboy Fire burn area, so yesterday I decided to go see it for myself.
The Cowboy Fire happened back on September 2, 2010 and it burned the PCT in two places in Section A. The first ... Read more
Strong Storm To Impact Southern CA Sunday Night & Monday
Special Weather Statement SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SAN DIEGO CA 1210 PM PDT FRI MAR 18 2011
…A STRONG STORM SYSTEM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY…
ORANGE COUNTY COASTAL AREAS-SAN DIEGO COUNTY COASTAL AREAS- SAN BERNARDINO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTY VALLEYS-THE INLAND EMPIRE- SAN DIEGO COUNTY ... Read more
Sick Hiker Rescued Near Idyllwild
A hiker on the Pacific Crest Trail who was with a youth group was rescued near Idyllwild early today after falling ill with flu-like symptoms.
Valley News article Patch.com article SWRNN.com article... Read more
10-year-old Sunshine Thru-Hiking In 2011
10-year-old Sunshine and her father Balls are profiled in Salem Oregon Statesman Journal today. The pair begins thru-hiking the PCT on April 29th.
Both Sunshine and Balls have journals on trailjournals.com.
In case you were wondering Sunshine turns 11 in May, so 10-year-old Scrambler will remain the youngest person to ... Read more