Dear PCT community,
As the year draws to a close, I hope you will consider making a year-end contribution to the Pacific Crest Trail Association. You can help make the trail the best it can be — now and for future generations.
End of the year fundraising is extraordinarily important ... Read more
We’re hiring. The Trail Permit Assistant will track and fulfill all permit requests for hikers and equestrians who are traveling long distances on the PCT. Join us in our main office, a great place to work, and help people connect to the trail. Visit our permit page for some context.... Read more
Click on over to our first ever holiday sale! PCT merchandise is up to half off. [ The sale is over. Sorry.]
We got a wild hair recently and decided to do something new with the store. Lots of wonderful things are happening with the trail, so why not motivate ... Read more
The Land and Water Conservation Fund is a critical tool for protecting the PCT. Unfortunately, the fund is threatened. Take a listen to this beautiful song from some New Mexico advocates. The locations featured are in their state, but the list is long for the PCT as well. Read more ... Read more
As any ol’ trail hound can attest to, a trail crew is a unique family that typically begins as a group of strangers and over the course of days, weeks and months evolves into a tightly knit weave of independent characters bonded by sweat, successes, strange smells, bad jokes, long ... Read more
Welcome to our new look!
It’s more beautiful and mobile friendly.
Thirty percent of you are reading this on a mobile device. Today, we’ve joined the leading edge of web design with the release of our new “responsive” template. You’ll find the site readable without the usual pinching, zooming ... Read more
The winter issue of the PCT Communicator magazine is out!... Read more
“Two Bar Betty” Wheeler’s report about our summer’s work in the Goat Rocks appears in the winter issue of the PCT Communicator magazine. We didn’t have space to include these pictures in the magazine, but they’re too glorious not to share.... Read more
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