Due to record snowfall along the Sierra section of the Pacific Crest Trail, Reds Meadow road is projected to open later than normal this year.
Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers who are planning food drops or resupplies via Reds Meadow Valley should be advised that June 25th is a tentative opening ... Read more
A dehydrated Pacific Crest Trail thru-hiker from Finland, who had run out of water, was assisted by the Riverside County Sheriff near Mount San Jacinto yesterday. He was transported to a nearby motel. This is the fourth thru-hiker in distress on Mount San Jacinto this season. Four days earlier a ... Read more
Castle Crags State Park near Pacific Crest Trail mile 1507 is on the list of 70 California state parks to be closed due to budget cuts. About eight miles of the PCT appear to be in the state park and the campground near Castella is popular with PCT hikers.... Read more
Quijote, a 34-year-old Pacific Crest Trail thru-hiker from Louisville, KY who was sick suffering from altitude sickness and dehydration was helicoptered off Mount San Jacinto yesterday by the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit and the Riverside Sheriff. http://www.riversidesheriff.org/press/cab11-0511.asp
t.Rex reports on the PCT-L that Quijote was suffering from food poisoning from ... Read more
A new much shorter Station Fire Detour goes into effect May 7th. The 4.6 mile detour begins west of Pacifico Mountain [mile 413.3], bypassing 5.4 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail destroyed by the 2009 Station Fire. This detour replaces the 47 mile detour used by PCT hikers in 2010. ... Read more
The Riverside County Sheriff reports in a press release that two Pacific Crest Trail thru-hikers became lost on the north side of Mount San Jacinto and were rescued by the Riverside Mountain Rescue Unit and a Sheriff helicopter. The hikers did not require medical attention.... Read more
PCTA has hired Jack Haskel as the new Trail Information Specialist. In this role, Jack will act as the primary information source for trail users, the general public and PCTA’s members. He will be strengthening PCTA’s trail information program to position PCTA as the best source of information about the ... Read more
Old Station trail angel Firefly says in a letter to the PCT-L that The Hideaway will be closed to Pacific Crest Trail hikers this year:
Dear Friends, This is a hard letter to write, but I can’t put it off any longer. I’ve made the decision that I need a ... Read more
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