Trail culture

Congrats to the 2021 PCTA Photo Contest Winners

We’re happy to present the winners of this year’s photo contest. It’s been a long year since the pandemic began in March of 2020. For many of us, it was a lost season on the PCT—and we sustained our love for the trail through photos and videos. Though it was ... Read more

I Took a Walk: A poem by David Rolsten

Listen to an audio version of the poem here.

I took a walk By David Rolsten

I took a walk.

It went on forever and was over too soon Recharging batteries I never knew I had I’m so alive and sleep like a dead man Deserts in bloom, fields of ... Read more

“We will get out to the PCT one day!”

By Kendra Slagter

I remember sitting at my desk at the office in February, crossing my fingers and hoping there would be a permit date available for mid-April. I had already written off the possibility of getting one considering how quickly they were snatched up when originally released in October ... Read more