By Michelle “Corporate” Nacouzi
This September, my boyfriend Andrew and I flew from New York City to Seattle to join a group of PCTA volunteers for a week of backcountry trail maintenance work in the Goat Rocks Wilderness. It was absolutely incredible! Andrew has a background building mountain bike trails ... Read more
September means we’re getting hints of crisp autumn air in Sacramento. Up the hill toward Lake Tahoe, we’ve had more than a few snow flurries in the Sierra. As the seasons change, so does the work volunteers tackle along the PCT.
Before winter’s here in full force, let’s look at ... Read more
The new alignment of a 6.5-mile stretch of the Pacific Crest Trail in northern California’s Sierra Buttes has been years in the making. We’ve celebrated many milestones, notably, opening a newly constructed 3.9 miles of trail that passes by the gorgeous Tamarack Lakes in 2017.
This year, PCTA staff members, ... Read more
Valentine’s Day 2019 brought a winter storm the likes of which hadn’t been seen in Southern California in 100 years. Accordingly dubbed a “once-in-a-century” weather event, high winds and rainfall flooded lakes, washed out roads and scoured parts of the Pacific Crest Trail off hillsides.
In addition to the washouts, ... Read more
Author and historian Edward Hale wrote: “I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
Sherry Remillard, a volunteer trail maintainer with the Pacific ... Read more
By Roberta Cobb, PCTA/Eagle Creek Fire Trails Coordinator
“When will the Eagle Creek Trail reopen?”
I’ve responded to that question too many times to count since the trail was closed after the 2017 Eagle Creek fire. The short answer is: “We don’t know. There’s so much to do.” The longer ... Read more
By Mick Mc Bride
I’m often asked, “why trail maintenance?”
I used to answer with the standard response entailing how the Pacific Crest Trail needs constant upkeep to remove those big trees Mother Nature likes to throw across it during her winter temper tantrums, and to ward off damage done ... Read more
We’re thrilled to report that the Pacific Crest Trail is open again above Idyllwild, Calif., after years of hard work by the Pacific Crest Trail Association in partnership with the American Conservation Experience and the U.S. Forest Service.
It’s no secret that fires in California are more violent and more ... Read more
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