Access to the beloved Pacific Crest Trail may soon be limited – due to a drop in federal grants and big layoffs proposed for federal public lands agencies. This month, the Trump administration ...

Water Issues Confronting Hikers on the Pacific Crest Trail Trickle Down Into the Rest of California From the sky-scraping snow drifts that can close the trail to the desert tracks without a drop ...

The Pacific Crest Trail exists today thanks to the National Trails System Act of 1968, which cemented it — along with the Appalachian Trail — as one of the first National Scenic Trails ...

Just 11 trails carry the National Scenic Trail designation: Appalachian, Arizona, Continental Divide, Florida, Ice Age, Natchez Trace, New England, North Country, Pacific Crest, Pacific Northwest ...