The Pacific Crest Trail is stunningly beautiful. Every year thousands of fantastic photos are taken of the trail. Many of the pictures we’ll publish in 2015 will be selected from those entered in the PCTA’s annual photo contest.
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Join us at the Wilderness Treasures Rendezvous – Celebrating 50 Golden Years in Red Bluff, Calif. The event will be held October 10-12 at Tehama District Fairgrounds.
Free and open to the public, it’ll be a fun weekend with a wide range of opportunities and perspectives on wilderness, including recreation, ... Read more
The Snohomish County Volunteer Search and Rescue Helicopter Rescue Team is an “all hazard” response team conducting 80+ missions a year throughout Washington state. Operating primarily on the northern end of the trail, they perform multiple rescues of PCT hikers each year. We deeply appreciate the work of the team ... Read more
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Please read this important information about camping within North Casacdes National Park. It was provided by our partners, the wilderness rangers at North Cascades National Park. For general information, see the North Cascades National Park permit page and our PCT permit page.... Read more
We are taking our news and information newsletter on the trail with us and we want you to come along.
Three times a year, PCTA will host a Friday evening event in different communities along the trail. It’s an opportunity to bring together local volunteers, members, and partners with PCTA ... Read more
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The National Park Service is investigating reports of unwanted sexual advances/contact involving PCT hikers. They would like to communicate with anyone who has personal experience of this in 2014 or has knowledge of these types of situations on or around the Pacific Crest Trail and the National Parks, National Forests, ... Read more
It’s widely known that today is the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, which President Lyndon Johnson signed on Sept. 3, 1964. Wilderness lovers and champions across the country are celebrating the immensity of the law that has set aside more than 100 million acres.
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