Have you ever spent a really cold night in the backcountry? Imagine traveling over 130 days on the Pacific Crest Trail through the winter. What a crazy idea.
A new feature-length movie named SNOW TO SAND captures Shawn “Pepper” Forry and Justin “Trauma” Lichter on their historic winter PCT expedition. ... Read more
WASHINGTON, D.C. — PCTA staff and volunteers spent most of the week on Capitol Hill talking to Congressional delegates from California, Oregon and Washington about public lands and the Pacific Crest Trail and how important it is for the federal government to support the work we do together to take ... Read more
Multnomah Falls, Ore. — For the first time since 2017 Eagle Creek Fire, six miles of the Historic Columbia River Highway and several popular trails near Multnomah Falls reopened, including the well-known Angels Rest, Wahkeena, and Larch Mountain Trail.
The full length of the Historic Columbia River Highway impacted by ... Read more
By Pete Fish
Dorothy “Dottie” Geisler, friend of the trail and longtime Trail Gorilla volunteer, passed away on Sept. 9. By my reckoning she was 89. My wife Joyce was a classmate of Dottie’s sister at Washington High School in Los Angeles and Dottie was two years ahead.
She was ... Read more
Brice Hammack was a passionate advocate for trails, a celebrated triple-crowner, a dedicated volunteer, and a mentor to many. He passed away September 26, 2018. The Pacific Crest Trail Association has had the privilege of honoring Brice on a number of occasions: we presented him with the Regional Trail Maintainer ... Read more
On Oct. 2, the Pacific Crest Trail Association joined the Appalachian Trail Conservancy to celebrate both trails’ 50th anniversary with an extraordinary four-hour live webcast broadcast from the Girl Scouts Heart of Central California Regional Program Center in Sacramento and ATC headquarters in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia.
The event was ... Read more
We’re excited about the 2019 season on the Pacific Crest National Scenic 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 2019 permit season opens on November 14, 2018,... Read more
Today we celebrate National Public Lands Day, a time for all of us who love the outdoors to take a moment and reflect on the great gift that is our system of public lands.
We’ve got a lot to be thankful for, and a lot to celebrate. This year marks ... Read more
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