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
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 by Will Snyder, a Fall River school teacher, who intended to cache water for his son, ... 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
Spring is in the air. Thru-hikers are tending to early blisters and making their way north. Trees are budding in the Pacific Northwest and the Sierra snowpack is melting, albeit stubbornly. And we have a new batch of amazing photos to share via our annual photo contest.
This is one ... Read more
By Mary Anne Chute Lynch
If you do not want to be one of those first-time thru-hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail who quits or must be rescued within the first 20 miles, talk to Thomas Claiborne at the southern terminus.
A 2014 thru-hiker—trail name “Dr. Camel”—Thomas will be a ... Read more
Most bears living in the forests along the PCT are not as habituated as those found in Yosemite and some areas in the Southern Sierra. That may be changing in some places; it definitely has changed in Lassen Volcanic National Park.
In 2016, a bear around Twin Lakes — a ... Read more
In PCT thru-hiker circles, it’s been a tradition going back longer than most of us can remember.
The Annual Day Zero Pacific Crest Trail Kick Off — ADZPCTKO, we’ll call it Kick Off for short — brought together new distance hikers with seasoned veterans who shared their wisdom about everything ... Read more
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