Update on 5-6-16: Major work has been done to remove Poodle-Dog Bush and this alternate is probably not necessary anymore.
Updated 5/13/12 with added links Updated 5/10/12 I have published a California Section D Poodle-Dog Bush alternate map based on various reports from early Pacific Crest Trail hikers on ... Read more
Tom’s Kennedy Meadows Cyber Cafe, near Pacific Crest Trail mile 702, is being shut down by Tulare County officials. According to a recent Facebook posting, to remain open the Cyber Cafe would be required to obtain a business license, parking, restrooms, and make other changes. The Cyber Cafe, which runs ... Read more
A Hiker’s Guide to Healing nytimes.com/2012/05/06/fas…
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SACRAMENTO – May 1, 2012 Manual and electronic readings by the California Department of Water’s final snow survey for 2012 show that California’s drier than usual mountain snowpack is steadily melting with warming spring weather.
Electronic readings indicate that water content in the southern Sierra mountains is just 20 percent ... Read more
Tioga Rd in Yosemite to open May 7. This is 42 days earlier than last year.#PCT nps.gov/yose/parknews/…
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A companion iPhone app for Halfmile’s Pacific Crest Trail maps has been released and is available free from the iTunes app store. The app aids navigation on the PCT by determining your location and, if on the PCT or one of its side trails, it calculates trail distances to 1,700 ... Read more
Switchback plans Walker Pass Food Ruck and Kickback on June 7-9. #PCT mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-…
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The biggest full moon of 2012 will be Sat May 5. The full moon will coincide with it’s closest approach to the earth. space.com/15474-supermoo…
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