Tuolumne Meadows concessions open for 2013
Tuolumne Meadows Grill, Store, Mountain Shop, Post Office, Visitor Center and Wilderness Center are now open for the 2013 season. #yosemite
— YosemiteDNC (@YosemiteDNC) May 31, 2013
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Tuolumne Meadows Grill, Store, Mountain Shop, Post Office, Visitor Center and Wilderness Center are now open for the 2013 season. #yosemite
— YosemiteDNC (@YosemiteDNC) May 31, 2013
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If you’re a resident of California and care about trails, please follow this link to the American Trails’ Action Alert page. The Recreational Trails Program is an important source of funding for trails that many state and federal agencies rely on. Please consider taking action to protect this important funding ... Read more
The Sequoia National Forest and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Bakersfield Field Office announced fire restrictions effective May 1, prohibiting campfires along the Pacific Crest Trail from about 50 miles south of Walker Pass to about 15 miles north of Kennedy Meadows.
Campfires are always banned along the Southern ... Read more
While only a fraction of our public lands are affected by illegal marijuana cultivation, the Pacific Crest Trail Association, Forest Service and our other agency partners believe that safety risks are real and everyone should be informed about them. Dangerous people protecting marijuana cultivation sites may be present on the ... Read more
last updated 7/9/13
Here is a brief summary of changes along the Pacific Crest Trail that may effect 2013 trail users:
The Pacific Crest Trail Water Report, a crowdsourced compilation of water information for Southern California, has moved to a new site — www.pctwater.com.
[Mile 110] Warner Springs Ranch, ... Read more
This is the worst Pacific Crest Trail fire season I can remember. Here is a list of the fires burning on or near the PCT that I know about. It’s the best information I can find, but it is probably incomplete and may contain errors. Hopefully it will be useful ... Read more
The Alice Krueper Award is the PCTA’s top honor for outstanding trail maintenance volunteers. It is given to the person identified by the PCTA as having done an outstanding job of trail maintenance. Often, the award recipient has previously received a regional Trail Maintainer of the Year ... Read more
The VVR ferry is no longer shuttling hikers this season. The ferry has been pulled from the water due to the low lake level. We will do our snow dances and look forward to a full lake next year. We will remain open with all our facilities operating for those ... Read more
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