You now have a great new resource: we’re thrilled to announce the launch of a new interactive map of the Pacific Crest Trail. We think it’ll soon be your go-to tool for exploring the trail.
Turning on and off the various map layers paints a picture of some of the ... Read more
By Mary Anne Chute Lynch
When Mitchi Haight drives from Sacramento, Calif., to her retreat home in Washington state, she passes a sign on the highway for the Pacific Crest Trail.
“I always want to get off,” and explore the trail, she said. For the last year, she’s been exploring ... Read more
By Sean McNeal, PCTA GIS Intern, summer 2017
Opportunities are often few and far between in life. Some folks are terrified by them while others enthralled.
However, my recent chance to work as a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) intern for the Pacific Crest Trail Association allowed me to learn about ... Read more
We’d like to thank REI for their long-time financial and community support for our work protecting the Pacific Crest Trail. Their backing of our Trail Skills College program, PCTA’s outstanding and free volunteer training events, has been especially impactful.
Check out this cool GeoStory of the Pacific Crest Trail and ... Read more
Well below our community’s radar, a team of volunteers have been working to build a custom GPS, and the software to power it, in order to make a highly accurate map of the Pacific Crest Trail. Here’s a glimpse into what they’ve been working on for the past year and ... Read more
We just launched #PacificCrestTrail live, a cool new way to explore the PCT experience. It’s a real-time, cross-platform feed of what’s happening on the trail.
We’re constantly struck by how amazing you all are. People are taking beautiful pictures, writing interesting words, making great videos and having life changing ... Read more
Our interactive PCT map has been updated with the new 2014 Halfmile PCT data. Remember to click “Full Screen” and “Halfmile Waypoints” buttons on the left and switch the base layer to MyTopo in the drop down on the top right.... Read more
We’ve got a new feature on our website and we’re pretty excited about it. Every thirty minutes, The Journalist collects the latest PCT blog posts from around the web and displays them in a central location. For the geeks out there, The Journalist is an RSS aggregator.
We love reading ... Read more
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