Are you one of the outdoor industry insiders who loves the PCT? Come say ‘hi.’ Find us at the PCTA booth #A-106 and then come celebrate with us at special events at the Granite Gear and Danner booths. Details below!
The Pacific Crest Trail is having a fantastic year. We’re ... Read more
We’re thrilled to invite you to this year’s Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Nevada City and Grass Valley, California. The festival runs Jan. 14-18 and you can find out more at wildandscenicfilmfestival.org.
Barefoot Wine & Bubbly, a wonderfully generous PCTA supporter, is a national partner of the festival and ... Read more
Time’s tight to get your orders in at the Pacific Crest Trail store and have everything shipped before Christmas. You’ll need to have orders placed by midnight on December 15th. We’ve put a whole lot of items on sale and free shipping is available for addresses within the lower 48 ... Read more
Rainman’s new book What’s Cooking on the PCT 2015 is a collection of on-trail recipes – a PCT community cookbook. It’s full of fun and interesting food concoctions, some you’d never think would work.
Rainman was curious to learn more about all the delicious dishes he was hearing about while ... Read more
Only The Essential is a 40-minute documentary film made by thru-hikers about thru-hiking the PCT. It is available free online at www.wildconfluence.com
Colin Arisman and Luke Kantola are Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers and filmmakers. They are the founders of Wild Confluence Films and the producers of the new full-length Pacific ... Read more
Friends of the Pacific Crest Trail,
We’ve told you a lot about the Land & Water Conservation Fund over the years because it has been an important funding source for our work to protect parcels along the Pacific Crest Trail from development and resource extraction.
Yet despite overwhelming bi-partisan support ... Read more
Plan on hiking the PCT in 2016? Start a PCTA fundraiser and encourage your family and friends to follow along on your journey and support the trail you love. It’s quick and easy.
Plus you could be one of three people to win a pair of LEKI poles.
PCTA has ... Read more
When Pacific Northwest mountaineer Lloyd Anderson began his search for an ice axe, the spirit of REI was born. Only finding what he wanted in an Austrian catalog, Lloyd and his wife Mary, along with 21 fellow climbers, established an outdoor gear co-op in 1938. From the beginning, REI was ... Read more
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