Welcome and thank you to Halfway Anywhere, PCTA’s newest corporate partner.
Tyler “Mac” Fox started Halfway Anywhere to share his adventures with friends. However, following his first Pacific Crest Trail thru-hike in 2013, it became less a personal journal and more a backpacking resource. He began his Pacific Crest Trail ... Read more
By Michelle “Corporate” Nacouzi
This September, my boyfriend Andrew and I flew from New York City to Seattle to join a group of PCTA volunteers for a week of backcountry trail maintenance work in the Goat Rocks Wilderness. It was absolutely incredible! Andrew has a background building mountain bike trails ... Read more
Over the years, I’ve written a lot about the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). I’ve asked you to get involved by letting your senators and elected representatives in Congress know how important this program is to the Pacific Crest Trail and public lands and how much these amazing places ... Read more
Central Cascades Wilderness Strategy, Willamette and Deschutes national forests.
Note: this new permit system begins Friday, May 28, 2021. Reservations for the permits will open at 7 a.m. PDT on April 6, 2021 at www.Recreation.gov. More information about the permits can be found here: https://www.fs.usda.gov/detail/willamette/specialplaces/?cid=fseprd688355
What is this new permit... Read more
Are you planning a long-distance hike or horseback ride on the Pacific Crest Trail in 2020? Good for you!
The PCT Long-distance Permit is an interagency permit, for trips of 500 or more continuous miles, that allows you to travel through areas where local wilderness permits would otherwise be required. ... Read more
September means we’re getting hints of crisp autumn air in Sacramento. Up the hill toward Lake Tahoe, we’ve had more than a few snow flurries in the Sierra. As the seasons change, so does the work volunteers tackle along the PCT.
Before winter’s here in full force, let’s look at ... Read more
(Reprinted from the summer 2019 issue of the PCT Communicator magazine.)
In April 2018, PCTA Land Protection Director Megan Wargo told me about a property that had just come on the market that included 1.2 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail.
The Picayune Lake property, as it has come to ... Read more
The work that volunteers put into the Pacific Crest Trail each season is astounding. They dedicate time and energy to clearing brush, creating new tread, sawing logs and, occasionally, building bridges. Although bridges are not a common PCT volunteer project, this year we have had a few dedicated groups with ... Read more