On Oct. 11, The Pacific Crest Trail Association and Rizzoli New York will release The Pacific Crest Trail: Exploring America’s Wilderness Trail. This book offers PCT fans the first in-depth history of the trail accompanied by more than 250 photographs that bring the trail experience to life in large, living ... Read more
By Justin Brimer, PCTA Crew Leader
Trail crew volunteers are pretty amazing.
The sacrifices people go through to work for eight hours a day through harsh weather to keep the PCT open blows me away. Midway through a second season of leading volunteer vacations, I’m reflecting on the incredibly diverse ... Read more
By Connor Swift, PCTA Trail Crew Technical Advisor
It’s often difficult to describe our experiences on the Pacific Crest Trail, whether we’ve been hiking or volunteering to do trail maintenance. Some experiences can be summed up with just a word or two, such as exhausting, beautiful or worst day ever. ... Read more
With only six months to save Landers Meadow, you rose to the challenge and met our goal of $550,000 to save this 245-acre rare wet meadow. Thank you so much for your support of the campaign, the PCT and the trail experience.
PCTA executive director and ceo Liz Bergeron recently ... Read more
By Ben Barry, PCTA technical advisor
Every year, the Pacific Crest Trail Association offers a series of trail maintenance training events known as Trails Skills College. While many have told of the phenomenal instruction and potential for learning these events provide, few mention the potential for bloated stomachs and full ... Read more
By Dan Sedlacek, founder of Uphill Designs Co. and PCT Class of 2013 thru-hiker
Our team of eight volunteers carpooled from Seattle on an overcast Saturday in June to meet up with Bill Hawley, regional representative for the Pacific Crest Trail Association. In the Snoqualmie Pass trailhead parking lot, Bill ... Read more
By Kathleen Lynch
For more than two decades, Larry Krumm has helped maintain more than 200 miles of the PCT in the Tahoe, Plumas, and Lassen national forests. In 1993, Priscilla Johnson led the first trail crew Larry joined. Three years later he was leading his own crew, which he’s ... Read more
By Sophia Efremov
Several months ago, I wrote about my experience on the Pacific Crest Trail as an AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) volunteer. I wrote during the beginning weeks of my immersion in trail life. I am currently on the tail end of my three-month journey from “squeaky-clean-hopeless-city-girl” ... Read more
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