Read this account from a rescue on the #PacificCrestTrail near Hauser Canyon yesterday: http://t.co/d51VLxVJnh What lessons are there?
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We asked Shane “Jester” O’Donnell for a little background about this video. Here it is. For more, see our fire information page.
“Considering Your History” is a short film shot while doing a thru-hike of the PCT in 2008.
To my mind, what is remarkable about the story is that ... Read more
We recommend taking a few minutes to watch this account of near-disaster in the Goat Rocks Wilderness. Snow is easily one of the most dangerous conditions on the Pacific Crest Trail. Stories of hikers falling in the Sierra Nevada in June or being buried by fresh snow in the Cascades ... Read more
Carolyn “Ravensong” Burkhart, thru-hiker and Mazama trail angel, shares this important warning about avalanche danger and late season travel. PCTA Trail Information Specialist Jack Haskel contributed to the essay. We will be publishing an article by Mike Zaweski, author of SNOW TRAVEL: Skills For Climbing, Hiking, And Moving Over Snow... 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
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