By Mary Anne Chute Lynch
When Mitchi Haight drives from Sacramento, Calif., to her retreat home in Washington state, she passes a sign on the highway for the Pacific Crest Trail.
“I always want to get off,” and explore the trail, she said. For the last year, she’s been exploring ... Read more
By Connor Swift, PCTA Trail Crew Technical Advisor
The 2013 Mountain Fire closed nearly 25 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail through the San Jacinto Mountains as it approaches the town of Idyllwild in Southern California.
The fire burned hot and intensely, creating hazards in some places such as dangerous ... Read more
The 2018 Pacific Crest Trail Association Photo Contest is open.
Please consider sending in your best photos from the trail. We’ll use them throughout the year in our publications and promotional materials to illustrate the beauty and experience the PCT provides. Your volunteer photos help protect the PCT for future ... Read more
America’s most important conservation and recreation program, which has protected land in nearly every state, will expire on Sept. 30, 2018 without action from Congress.
Since it was created by Congress in 1965, the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF) has provided the money to set aside property for national ... Read more
Nearly ten years ago, Eric Ryback, legendary thru-hiker, author of The High Adventure of Eric Ryback, and former PCTA board member, conceived the idea of awarding trail users who completed the trail with a medal. Eric wanted to find a way to give back to the PCT community that ... Read more
By Mary Anne Chute Lynch
Ever hear a metallic, light pinging, “sssccchhh-wing-ing” sound? Crosscut sawyers know what it means.
“Sawyers love nothing more than to cut up some logs and remove them from the trail,” sawyer Maggie Ballew said.
Joan Napolitano helped remove 100 logs last year from 11 miles ... Read more
By Ashley Bomar, P-CREW Coordinator
The Plumas Conservation, Restoration and Education in Watersheds— better known as P-CREW—worked for four and a half weeks in July and August on the Pacific Crest Trail north of Belden Town. A dozen students from eight high schools (half rural, half urban) worked together along ... Read more
I’m thrilled to announce that a new section of the Pacific Crest Trail in the Sierra Buttes, built over the last four summers, is now open. This 6.5-mile section of trail takes PCT hikers and horseback riders past beautiful lakes and it has great camping. Plus, it avoids a long-standing ... Read more
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