An excerpt from The Pacific Crest Trail: Exploring America’s Wilderness Trail
By Mark Larabee and Barney Scout Mann
“Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.”
Eight inches of fresh snow lay on the ground but the day was sunny in ... Read more
Excerpt from The Pacific Crest Trail: Exploring America’s Wilderness Trail
By Mark Larabee and Barney Scout Mann
The PCT has a creation story and it’s filled with interesting tidbits. Our trail’s history is rich with struggle and personalities who overcame them. Here’s a taste from Chapter One of our upcoming ... Read more
On Oct. 11, The Pacific Crest Trail Association and Rizzoli New York will release The Pacific Crest Trail: Exploring America’s Wilderness Trail. This book offers PCT fans the first in-depth history of the trail accompanied by more than 250 photographs that bring the trail experience to life in large, living ... Read more
This essay first appeared in the PCT Communicator magazine. Visit our page about the history of the Pacific Crest Trail for more about this remarkable trail. See this article in PDF format here.
When I hiked the Appalachian Trail fresh out of college in 1996, the National Trails System was ... Read more
In 1969, San Francisco residents Barry and Bernice Murray checked their three children out of school and embarked on a trip they’d long been planning: a thru-ride of the Pacific Crest Trail.
They set out from the southern terminus at the Mexican border on April 26, determined to ride the ... Read more
This article originally appeared in the summer 2015 issue of the PCT Communicator magazine.
PCT travelers, beware as you wander the rough and rugged northern country! Reports abound of roving bands of magically happy faces wearing green hats on the trail. With sharp tools, they just might be conjuring up ... Read more
As hippies flocked to San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury neighborhood during the Summer of Love in 1967, the Vietnam War raged and protests spilled from college campuses into the streets.
The Murrays, a young family of five, lived in Lagunitas, Calif., just north of San Francisco in Marin County. This tiny idyllic ... Read more
The Wilderness Act turns 50 years old today. It’s almost too much for this millennial to comprehend. I’m writing, to my parent’s and grandparent’s generations to say “thank you.”
You fought the battle to protect our public lands for future generations. Here we are. We appreciate it.
That wilderness is ... Read more
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