A highlight of PCTA’s first Trail Dirt Live in Stevenson, Wash., on Oct. 24 was the opportunity to honor local volunteers who were recipients of last year’s PCTA awards. Another virtual round of applause for the following PCT defenders:
Regional Maintainer of the Year, Columbia Cascades: Leif Hovin As a ... Read more
Our long-time friends and partners at Trailspace just published an interview our very own Tammy Turner. Read Coordinating Trail Crews and Keeping it Wild: Meet PCTA Volunteer and Thru-Hiker Tammy Turner.
We love Alicia’s introduction:
... Read moreThink you’re too busy to give back to the trails?
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The Pacific Crest Trail is stunningly beautiful. Every year thousands of fantastic photos are taken of the trail. Many of the pictures we’ll publish in 2015 will be selected from those entered in the PCTA’s annual photo contest.
Do you have photographs that would look great on the cover of ... Read more
This article about the challenges of recruiting volunteers in isolated areas first appeared in our members-only magazine, the PCT Communicator. Become a member. Sign up as a volunteer, and find projects, in our PCT volunteer center.
The setting was fabulous – Goat Rocks! – the food amazing, the project ... Read more
When: Saturday, September 27, 2014
Where: The Hoyt Arboretum, Stevens Pavilion in Portland, Oregon
Come let the Caretakers & Crew Leaders feed you! Meet new folks & catch up with trail crew friends.
We supply: hot dogs/bratwurst, ... Read more
I am excited to introduce our new Volunteer Programs Assistant working in the Sacramento office, Sandra Hall.
Sandra received her B.A. in recreation from California State University, Chico and now joins us from the Girl Scouts Heart of Central California. She worked as a Volunteer Management Specialist supervising and mentoring ... Read more
Our Mt. Hood Chapter volunteers maintain 217 miles of PCT between Midway Meadows south of Washington’s Goat Rocks Wilderness and Breitenbush Lake north of Oregon’s Mount Jefferson Wilderness. Their commitment to the PCT and it’s feeder trails is remarkable. Roberta’s email announcing the completion of “logout” – the annual clearing ... Read more
UPDATE: Thanks for the fantastic response! All of these trips have been filled. Please visit our project schedule to find other work projects that need your help.
What would you say to an all-expenses-paid vacation in the high country of the Cascade mountains? Can you believe that there are still ... Read more
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