By Eleonore Anderson, Trail Crew Technical Advisor with PCTA
My first backpacking trip to Mission Creek Preserve, northeast of Palm Springs, couldn’t have been more perfect. It was 2018 and I was a new Trail Crew Technical Advisor with the Pacific Crest Trail Association.
The cacti were blooming a stunning ... Read more
Each year, with your support, the PCTA brings on seasonal employees to get work done in the field. These experienced trail professionals lead volunteer crews on trainings and projects and oversee major PCT reconstruction completed by partner corps crews. The PCTA is pleased to welcome two new trail crew leaders ... Read more
What’s it like to live a life devoted to the Pacific Crest Trail? Portland’s television station KGW8 just aired this profile about Roberta Cobb and all that she gives to the Pacific Crest Trail.
Roberta, who served as chair of the PCTA’s Mount Hood Chapter between 2012 to 2018, has ... Read more
Valentine’s Day 2019 brought a winter storm the likes of which hadn’t been seen in Southern California in 100 years. Accordingly dubbed a “once-in-a-century” weather event, high winds and rainfall flooded lakes, washed out roads and scoured parts of the Pacific Crest Trail off hillsides.
In addition to the washouts, ... Read more
Author and historian Edward Hale wrote: “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
Sherry Remillard, a volunteer trail maintainer with the Pacific ... Read more
It’s always a special time when the Pacific Crest Trail community gathers. After all, we care about this great trail and we’re working together to do something to ensure that it is the best it can be.
During the PCTA’s Annual Meeting, held Saturday, April 27, 2019, at PCTA headquarter ... Read more
By Roberta Cobb, PCTA/Eagle Creek Fire Trails Coordinator
“When will the Eagle Creek Trail reopen?”
I’ve responded to that question too many times to count since the trail was closed after the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. The short answer is: “We don’t know. There’s so much to do.” The longer ... Read more
By Lynn Shapiro & Patti McCarthy
Imagine learning about a challenge that somehow calls to you. It might be a mountain you’d like to climb, a sea you’d like to sail, a trail you’d like to hike. You research, study, plan and execute. You make arrangements, your life is changed, ... Read more
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