USDA Forest Service press release:
VALLEJO, Calif., — Sept. 14, 2021. The USDA Forest Service Pacific Southwest Region will end the regional closure order affecting National Forests in California at 11:59 pm on Wednesday, Sept. 15, two days prior to the original end date of Sept. 17. However, forest-wide closures ... Read more
Updated 9/1 at 9 AM
The Pacific Crest Trail is closed on all national forests in California.
The Pacific Southwest Region manages 18 national forests and their closure started Aug. 31, 2021 at 11:59 p.m. These forests are fully closed. It’s not just the PCT that’s closed. If you are ... Read more
We’re excited about the 2022 season on the Pacific Crest Trail and we hope you are too. Some of you will be taking very long hikes or horseback rides on the trail next year. This information is for you.
The 2022 permit season opens on November 9, 2021, for trips... Read more
In early summer, we usually start making plans for an August backpacking trip. From our home in Portland, Oregon, we’re within striking distance of many great alpine and wilderness walks on the PCT, in the Wallowa Range of eastern Oregon or in the jagged peaks of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula.
But ... Read more
Update at 6:24 PM on Friday, August 20: We just learned that Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest is closing California portions of Carson Ranger District, which effectively extends the PCT closure south to Sonora Pass.
Starting Monday, Northern California’s National Forests will be closed due to fire. This year, 6,603 wildfires have ... Read more
Out of an abundance of caution, the PCTA will not participate in PCT Days this weekend, August 20-22.
We made this difficult decision based on rapidly rising Covid cases in Oregon and nationwide—and the extreme transmissibility of the Delta variant. Throughout the pandemic, our top priority has been the safety ... Read more
Sacramento, California and Eugene, Oregon – The Pacific Crest Trail Association (PCTA) has learned that some long-distance hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail in Southern Oregon tested positive for Covid-19 and have left the trail. More hikers were reported as symptomatic and were seeking to be tested.
Each year thousands ... Read more
By Allegra Torres
The Tahoe Trail Skills College looked a little different this year due to Covid-19 and smoke from wildfires in the area. But with the help of awesome volunteer instructors and PCTA’s Northern Sierra Regional Rep, Connor Swift, we took a big step with a small but mighty ... Read more