last update: 8/6/13 @ 9:27am
The Salmon River Complex is burning in the Marble Mountains near Etna. The Pacific Crest Trail remains open as of 9:00 am 8/6/13. The current emergency forest closure uses the PCT as it’s eastern edge. The previous link includes a map of the closure. The ... Read more
Celebrate the Pacific Crest Trail, September 6-8th! FREE ADMISSION AND FREE CAMPING!
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Twice a year we attend the outdoor industry trade show. It’s an important time to network with the brands that make the gear that’s used on our trail. This time at ‘OR’ pays dividends as we seek and gain support from this $120 billion dollar industry. Our partners’ commitment to ... Read more
The U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service have released restrictions that essentially ban campfires, restrict smoking and certain types of stoves on parts of the Pacific Crest Trail in Oregon. The restrictions are not PCT specific, they are in place broadly in the forests and parks that the trail ... Read more
After receiving approximately 3,000 lightning strikes throughout Northern California in the past week, there are multiple fires burning on Shasta-Trinity National Forest. The complex of fires can be seen on inciweb.org under 2013 Shf Lightning.
As of the afternoon of July 29th, the PCT remains open through the area but ... Read more
On July 22th and 24th the PCTA North 350 Blades were out with their power tools mowing down brush. Their work site found them at PCT mile 2391, just south of Yakima Pass on Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest. For two beautiful days they cleared about 1900 feet of trail.
Jim “Big ... Read more
Vermilion Valley Resort is for sale: "Whomever we choose.. will be carefully vetted." @VVR #PCTrail http://t.co/V3IQi6Flyo. …
— Pacific Crest Trail (@PCTAssociation) July 25, 2013
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Our NorCal Trail Crew did an amazing job doing tread maintenance and brushing from Gumboot trailhead to Picayune Springs. If you haven’t been, this stretch of the PCT is near Castle Crags, Calif. They worked hard through the blazing heat and left us with this great before and after shot.... Read more
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