By Connor Swift, PCTA technical advisor
“Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.”
It’s no secret that the Pacific Crest Trail is largely constructed, maintained, and cared for by dedicated volunteers. So, where ... Read more
By Bill Hawley and the PCTA North 350 Blades
In 2010, volunteers formed the PCTA Chapter – North 350 Blades to maintain the northern 350 miles of the PCT, from Chinook Pass to the Canadian border. Each year the group strives to clear the mass of fallen logs and overgrown ... Read more
More than 70 Pacific Crest Trail Association members, partners and volunteers attended Trail Dirt Live at the Cedar House Sport Hotel in Truckee, California on Friday, Oct. 21.
The PCTA marks its second year hosting this quarterly event along the trail and its continued success is truly inspiring. What a ... Read more
Photos by Ken Kisch
The PCT and Parkinson’s Disease don’t often go together in the same sentence. Not so for a group who this Fall set out to complete Section J of the Washington trail – Stevens Pass to Snoqualmie Pass. Earlier this year we brought you the story of ... Read more
By Ben Barry
Roughly two years ago, I signed up with the PCTA for a four-month term as a Technical Advisor. My job was to coordinate and oversee trail maintenance and reconstruction along the Pacific Crest Trail. I worked with youth and volunteer trail crews, supported corps crews and taught ... Read more
Did you take that magical photo this year while hiking or riding your horse on the PCT? Got a great shot of the scenery, wildlife or volunteers taking care of the trial?
Then enter our annual photo contest.
We’ll select many of the pictures we’ll publish in 2017 from those ... Read more
As the weather cools and the days get shorter, the other PCTA regional representatives and I often find ourselves in the field for an on-the-ground look at the trail before the snow falls. Whether it’s with a volunteer leader to scout a future trail project or an agency partner to ... Read more
Our new coffee-table book, The Pacific Crest Trail: Exploring America’s Wilderness Trail, hits stores today! We’re thrilled to have had the opportunity to tell this amazing and important story about the trail’s history and to work with so many amazing photographers.
Special thanks to Cheryl Strayed for her inspiring ... Read more