By Connor Swift, PCTA technical advisor
Wildfire in California is like rain in the Northwest: inevitable. While suppressing wildfire in California continues to be a high priority, the damage cannot always be mitigated or controlled, and unfortunately, the Pacific Crest Trail is oftentimes dramatically affected. In some cases, the PCT ... Read more
Frequently when I explain the scope of my job and the Pacific Crest Trail Association’s work, the responses are usually very similar: “I didn’t know you did all that” or “I thought you just fixed the trail.”
Most people don’t realize that much of the PCTA’s work is behind the ... Read more
Volunteer Caretaker Jack Konner, who helped build the Pacific Crest Trail Association’s Mount Hood Chapter into a trail-maintaining powerhouse, died Nov. 11, 2016. He was 89.
Jack, who lived in Beaverton, Oregon, was one of the Mount Hood Chapter’s earliest section caretakers. As the chapter’s first volunteer coordinator during a ... Read more
By Joan “Bump” Napolitano
This summer, I volunteered on “my” section of trail between Granite Pass and Methow Pass (within 60 miles of the Canadian border). We had temperatures in the 80s and snowflakes. Just another week in August on the PCT! “Yurtman” and I adopted this section by volunteering ... Read more
By Karen K. Wang
The Pacific Crest Trail brings together a diverse group from all ages, backgrounds and experience levels. That is one of my favorite things about the trail. No matter how different you think you are, you are bound to find another like-minded friend on the PCT. So ... Read more
There’s Black Friday, Cyber Monday and #GivingTuesday.
Wait, what is #GivingTuesday?
#GivingTuesday is a global day of giving celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving that kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and year-end giving.
This year #GivingTuesday will be celebrated on Tuesday, Nov. 29, and ... Read more
By Wes Jones
Two seasons of leading Volunteer Vacations for the Pacific Crest Trail Association has left me with one obvious and lasting impression: a simple “thank you” goes a long way. For the nearly 2,000 people who volunteer on the trail each year, it’s not hard to feel good ... Read more
Written by Doc Wesselius
In October, volunteers from three Back Country Horsemen of Washington chapters assisted the PCTA White Pass Chapter in correcting a drainage problem on the Dark Meadow Trail #1107 in the William O. Douglas Wilderness.
The Dark Meadow Trail is a feeder trail for the Pacific Crest ... Read more