Earlier this year, the PCTA established a partnership with adidas TERREX, which is adidas’ outdoor/adventure product line. adidas is committed to helping support the PCT as well as promoting the benefits of hiking and outdoor recreation. They also share our goal of making the PCT a more welcoming ... Read more
By Tristan Oliver
I recently finished reading Falling Upward by the ecumenical teacher Richard Rohr and it resonated deeply with me. I was struck by his passage,
... Read moreWe are here to give back fully and freely what was first given to us—but now writ personally—by us! It is probably the
Editor’s Note: The PCTA is committed to uplifting more diverse voices within the outdoor community, and here we highlight two of those voices. In 2010, Bethany “Fidget” Hughes and Lauren “Neon” Reed met while thru-hiking the Pacific Crest Trail at a time when women were far less represented in the ... Read more
Fifty-four years ago this week, in October of 1968, the National Trails System Act was passed—and granted National Scenic Trail status to the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail. It’s worthwhile to remember the efforts of so many people who made the PCT possible. Below, we’re publishing the introduction ... Read more
Editor’s Note: The PCTA does not maintain records, manage, nor monitor Fastest Known Times on the Pacific Crest Trail. That information is the responsibility of Fastest Known Time, LLC. We neither encourage nor discourage efforts like these, and believe in celebrating the PCT as a place of accomplishment for everyone, ... Read more
On Friday, July 29th, thru-hiker Jen “Gets-there” Olson was hiking through Northern California on the PCT when the group of twelve hikers she was with camped for the evening about eleven miles northeast of Seiad Valley. “I knew that fire season was upon us at this point and that ... Read more
Stacey Lee lives in Portland, Oregon and describes herself as a “second-and-a-halfish-generation” Chinese American. “My great-grandfather came here to work on the railroads in Arizona in the mid-1800s. My grandparents on my mother’s side owned a grocery store, and my grandparents on my father’s side owned a laundry in Seattle. ... Read more
Doris Peddy, an extraordinary PCTA volunteer with Southern California’s Trail Gorillas for over 30 years, passed away on May, 4, 2022. She was 96 years old.
Doris was one of those volunteers whose commitment, skill, and sheer endurance set an almost unachievable bar for everyone else. “Her nickname was the ... Read more
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