This is a guest post by John Dittli, a 34-year resident of the High Sierra who works part-time as a snow surveyor for the California Department of Water Resources. His day job is managing his photography business. His award winning book, Walk the Sky: Following the John Muir Trail is ... Read more
Here’s an update from our partners at Yosemite National Park. The video and link below do a great job explaining this important Sierran issue.
Can we save the Sierra Nevada yellow-legged frog from extinction? Human introduced non-native species (fish and fungus) have been causing the frog to go from the ... Read more
We mourn the loss of our friend Shane Krogen, Executive Director of the High Sierra Volunteer Trail Crew. Shane lost his life in a tragic helicopter accident on Thursday, September 12th.
The PCTA valued Shane as an outstanding trail maintenance partner for many years. Thanks to his tireless passion and ... Read more
Many of us can relate to Bill Powning’s tale of a thru-hike cut short. In this essay, he shares his story of his thru-hike becoming a section-hike. Bill is a PCTA member and my uncle. He has been dreaming of a JMT thru-hike for fifty years. He lives, swims and ... Read more
Yosemite National Park is experiencing very high fire danger along with continued hot and dry weather patterns. Due to the current and predicted fire conditions and fire behavior the Superintendent of Yosemite National Park will be implementing the following fire restrictions until further notice is given.
By order of the ... Read more
Highway 120 in and out of #Yosemite is closed due to fire. http://t.co/ebfT1cAc4G
— Pacific Crest Trail (@PCTAssociation) August 20, 2013
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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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The U.S. Forest Service and National Park Service have released restrictions that essentially ban campfires, restrict smoking and certain types of stoves along most of the John Muir Trail south of Yosemite, even with a campfire permit. The restrictions are not JMT/PCT specific, they are in place broadly in the ... Read more
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