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
By Mark Larabee
Trail Gorilla Al Golightly, a soft-spoken but dedicated camp cook who greeted weary trail crews with food and encouragement for more than two decades, died Oct. 30 after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease. He was 79.
Al and his wife, Edwina, who goes by Neddie, were ... Read more
Lesya Struz, former PCTA board member, a volunteer founder of the PCTA’s Mount Hood Chapter in Oregon and the force behind the creation of a single permit for long-distance PCT travelers, died this week at her home in Boston, Mass. She was 68.
A 1991 PCT thru-hiker with the trail ... Read more
Stevens Pass, a key Pacific Crest Trail access point in the Cascade Range east of Seattle, is the PCTA’s latest land protection purchase.
On Wednesday, after years of work and major help from private donors and trail lovers, we closed the $1.6 million acquisition, buying 402 acres from a private ... Read more
By Rudy Giecek
Fifteen summers ago, Jerry and Andrea Dinsmore were living in Skykomish, Washington, a small town 16 miles down Highway 2 from where the Pacific Crest Trail crosses Stevens Pass. Jerry saw some folks in town that he felt needed some help. He thought they were homeless. After ... Read more
Nearly ten years ago, Eric Ryback, legendary thru-hiker, author of The High Adventure of Eric Ryback, and former PCTA board member, conceived the idea of awarding trail users who completed the trail with a medal. Eric wanted to find a way to give back to the PCT community that ... Read more
I’m thrilled to announce that a new section of the Pacific Crest Trail in the Sierra Buttes, built over the last four summers, is now open. This 6.5-mile section of trail takes PCT hikers and horseback riders past beautiful lakes and it has great camping. Plus, it avoids a long-standing ... Read more
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
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