Pacific Northwest PCT enthusiasts gathered in Seattle on Saturday to mingle with kindred hikers, horseback riders, volunteers and PCTA supporters. They talked to board members and staff about the trail, heard the latest news and celebrated what the PCTA has accomplished over the past year with the generous support of ... Read more
Did you take that magical photo this year while hiking or riding your horse on the PCT? Got a great shot of the scenery, wildlife or volunteers taking care of the trail?
Then enter our annual photo contest.
We’ll select many of the pictures we’ll publish in 2016 from those ... Read more
By Mary Anne Chute Lynch
“Mules are like cave boys,” said Jerry Bentz, PCT volunteer and mule packer. “A mule isn’t’ much good ‘til it’s five or six years old. They are too crazy. They are always in mischief, like teenage boys.”
It’s not until a mule is 11 or ... Read more
By Bob Arkes
“Wow!” Maybe Dana Hendricks, Columbia Cascades PCTA Regional Representative said it all in a single word, but perhaps a few more are in order.
On Oct. 3, on behalf of Thomas Tidwell, chief of the Forest Service, Mount Hood National Forest Supervisor Lisa Northrop presented PCTA’s Mount ... Read more
PCTA has a big job: protect, preserve and promote more than 2,650 miles of trail and the iconic experience it provides hikers and horseback riders from all over the world. We couldn’t do it without our wonderful volunteers and partners, so we take every available opportunity to highlight the partners ... Read more
By Dolly B. Chapman
Our community suffered a huge loss on Aug. 6. 2015, when John Glenn died from injuries he sustained in a work accident at Clover Meadow, where he volunteered with the Sierra National Forest.
John was my dear friend, a mentor to many, and a vigorous master ... Read more
Major storms in 2003 and 2006 washed out many spots along remote Suiattle River Road, the only access to the Pacific Crest Trail in central Glacier Peak Wilderness. As a result, PCTA volunteer maintenance crews could not easily access the trail for more than a decade in this area.
The ... Read more
By Justin Brimer, PCTA Skyline-Sasquatch Crew Leader
Mountains move when volunteer packer Phil King and his mule team say so.
After more than 10 years of hauling food, tools, bridges, water, explosives, kitchen supplies and whatever else the U.S. Forest Service or PCTA volunteers need to make backcountry trail crews ... Read more
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