We’re excited about the 2018 season on the Pacific Crest Trail and we hope you are too. Some of you will be taking very long hikes or horseback rides on the trail next year. This information is for you.
The 2018 permits season opens on November 1, 2017. That’s significantly ... Read more
Rika Morita and Chaocui Wang, two Pacific Crest Trail hikers, died in the Sierra Nevada while crossing rivers or creeks recently. It is with great sadness that we report on these and other deaths this season.
In our tight-knit PCT community, we mourn each hiker’s passing like they were close ... Read more
The 11th annual PCT Days takes place Aug. 18-20, 2017 in Cascade Locks, Oregon! It’ll be a fun weekend celebrating the Pacific Crest Trail. Join friends old and new for a few days of camping on Thunder Island, live music, a gear fair, games, hiking and more. This event is ... Read more
The Inyo National Forest, through a forest order, is closing segments of the Rush Creek Trail for public safety from June 30 through Sept. 1, 2017.
The wet winter of 2016-2017, with more than 180 percent of average annual precipitation ... Read more
The Pacific Crest Trail Association, The Trust for Public Land, the Michigan-California Timber Company and the U.S. Forest Service are spearheading an effort to protect a northern California timber property that includes 17 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, and we’ve secured funding for the first phase of this important ... Read more
The new water tank is a long-term solution for hikers traversing California’s dry Hat Creek Rim.
By Jim Beatty
Cache 22 near the PCT crossing at Forest Road 22 (mile 1,391 on Halfmile’s maps) was located on the north end of the Hat Creek Rim. The water cache was started ... Read more
The Pacific Crest Trail Association celebrated a record-setting 2016 on Saturday as members, donors, volunteers, board members, staff and agency and business partners gathered in Sacramento, Calif. for its annual meeting and open house.
More than 120 people attended the event at the PCTA’s headquarters, where Board Chair John Crawford ... Read more
“I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees. I speak for the trees, for the trees have no tongues.” — Dr. Suess
We are experiencing a new environment, one defined by change and loss.
Our forests are dying. Visit the oak trees at Burnt Rancheria Campground near the Pacific ... Read more
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