The PCT at Stevens Pass, Washington.
Stevens PassWe are happy to announce that the Pacific Crest Trail Association recently sold 402 acres at Stevens Pass, Washington — a gateway to some of the most spectacular wilderness in the North Cascades — to the U.S. Forest Service.
The property was ... Read more
The entrance to Big Lake Youth Camp in the Cascades near Sisters, Oregon. The PCT Welcome Center is at right. Photo by Mark Larabee.
On Monday, two weeks before the first campers would arrive, counselors at the Big Lake Youth Camp about a quarter mile off the Pacific Crest Trail ... Read more
By Dave Moore
Dennis Washburn, a stalwart volunteer with the PCTA’s Will Work for Krumms Trail Crew, passed away on 28 April. He was 75.
Dennis started volunteering with the PCTA in 2004, after he and his wife, Carol, moved to Brentwood, California. Dennis loved backpacking in the Sierra ... Read more
NOTE: To jump to specific speakers and locations within the video, head over to watch the meeting on YouTube, where you’ll find “jump to” links in the video description.
What’s amazing about the Pacific Crest Trail Association is the simple fact that so many people care about the trail.
That ... Read more
PCTA Mount Hood Chapter volunteers walk newly repaired trail in the Columbia River Gorge. Photos by Terry Hill.
(Editor’s note: This story was original printed in the spring issue of the Pacific Crest Trail Communicator magazine.)
When a wildfire ripped through the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area last summer ... Read more
Dan Ogden at his home in Vancouver, Washington, 2015. Photo by Mark Larabee.
He could be called one of the founding fathers of trails in the United States. Though trails were well on their way to becoming a national treasure before Dan Ogden got involved, he helped ensure their longevity ... Read more
The stars were bright over the Baring, Washington, Hiker Haven home during the early morning hours of Dec. 7, 2017, when heaven welcomed trail angel, wife, mom, grandma and PCT Mom Andrea Kay Burr-Dinsmore. She lived life on her ... Read more
A bill that would amend the 1964 Wilderness Act to allow mountain bikes in wilderness had its first hearing Thursday on Capitol Hill.
The House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Federal Lands did not vote on H.R. 1349, but it’s clear that conservation groups have a sustained fight on their ... Read more
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