Over the years, the arrival of PCTA’s annual Trail Skills College in southern Oregon has meant that the Pacific Crest Trail maintenance season is officially underway. As such, Trail Skills College proves a valuable volunteer outreach tool for PCTA and a great place for veteran and aspiring PCT volunteers to ... Read more
On May 19, six volunteers from the North 350 Blades and I traveled to Chelan, Washington, and caught the Lady of The Lake, a boat that travels the deep, blue waters of Lake Chelan. After enjoying the scenic ride, we were met at the dock in Stehekin by Aaron Robinson ... Read more
Art and the PCT make a perfect match. Composers have graced the world with their music written on the trail. You’ve shown us amazing drawings and paintings over the years as well.
But I have a soft spot for photographs. Images of trail landscapes, plants and animals one might encounter ... Read more
By Kathleen Lynch
Dennis Serpa runs an almond farm in Turlock, California, breeds mules and is the father of four children and grandfather to 11. In between all that, he is a volunteer with the Mid-Valley Unit of the Back Country Horsemen of California and uses his animals to pack ... Read more
Along with other nonprofit partners, the Pacific Crest Trail Association’s volunteer program coordinates thousands of helping hands from the deserts of Southern California all the way to the Cascade Mountains of Northern Washington. Thinking of becoming a volunteer? Let me tell you a little about our trail maintenance program, and ... Read more
By Kathleen Lynch
When the fire swept across the PCT at Etna Summit in 2014, Mike Taylor was three days into a weeklong trail maintenance trip. The smoke and late July heat didn’t bother him, he had solo traversed Hat Creek Rim in August just a few years prior.
Mike ... Read more
By Kathleen Lynch
Harland Polk was introduced to the eastern Sierra Nevada in 1950. He was 12 years old and riding in the back of a truck on a YMCA camping trip. Over nine days, he camped and hiked in Mammoth, Lone Pine, Tuolumne Meadows, Kings Canyon, and Yosemite Valley. ... Read more
By Bob Arkes
Jim Webb, a long time Mount Hood Chapter caretaker, recently ‘retired’ from active trail work.
Jim oversaw an 11-mile section of the PCT encompassing Sedum Ridge in the Mount Adams Ranger district in Southern Washington. He is part of a group of long-time volunteers who have been ... Read more
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