The PCTA begins accepting 2011 Thru-Hiker permits this week, for hikers walking more than 500 miles http://pctn.us/eWv3g8... Read more
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The PCTA is now hiring…
The PCTA is now hiring a Trail Information Specialist http://pctn.us/gp4eX8... Read more
ALDHA-West Announces Annual Gathering
ALDHA-West announces it’s Annual Gathering will be Sept 23-25 at Lake Wenatchee, WA http://www.aldhawest.org... Read more
A Warning To Southbound PCT Hikers
I received a letter yesterday from the Forest Service asking me to consider including the following notice on my PCT maps:
“Notice to Hikers and Equestrians traveling southbound from Manning Provincial Park Canada: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) determined that there is no legal southbound entry into the United ... Read more
PCT Film Festival – Call for Entries
A message from Ryan “Prodeal” Christensen: Its that time of year again! From outside my front door I can see the Sierra glisten under a mantle of white. Winter has arrived in the high country. Now is the time to start putting together your videos for the 2011 Pacific Crest ... Read more
Tarptent owner Henry Shires is…
Tarptent owner Henry Shires is profiled in theunion.com http://pctn.us/bm3rPf... Read more
17,987 SPOT Satellite Messengers
The SPOT Satellite Messenger is surprisingly popular with gadget loving Pacific Crest Trail hikers, and apparently a lot of other people too. Globalstar, the company behind the SPOT Messenger, released it’s quarterly financial results yesterday and reported a record 17,987 SPOT devices activated in July, August, and September. The company ... Read more
A run on PCT guidebooks?
I noticed this morning that Amazon is out of stock on all three volumes of the Wilderness Press PCT guidebooks. If you order them today, it will take anywhere from 2 – 13 days before they ship. Could the apparently incorrect rumors about the demise of Wilderness Press be causing ... Read more