Send us your news Friday, August 12, 2011Fewer hikers expected to finish Pacific Crest Trail this year By Dylan Silver dsilver@tahoedailytribune.com Share on Facebook Email Print Recommend (2) Copyright 2011 Tahoe Daily Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. August, 12 2011 9:47 am Fewer hikers expected to finish Pacific Crest Trail this year Tahoe Daily Tribune ENLARGE Snow...

Jennifer Pharr Davis broke the women’s record on the Appalachain Trail in 2008. It took her 57 days. This year (The 2011 hiking season) she smashed the men’s record as well, taking on ly 46 days and 11 hours. Unbelievable. Scott Williamson broke the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT) record in 2009. UNSUPPORTED, he did it in 65 days. Olympian-like feat as those of us who have hiked the PCT know. Who could break their records? Objectively,...

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Today is “Ray Day” on the Pacific Crest Trail. June 15th. More importantly, it is the traditional date of PCT hikers entering the daunting High Sierra. PCT thru-hikers will eventually reach the highest points on the entire American mainland. Snow levels are reputedly at record levels this year. Honestly, I would be at turns thrilled, and scared to death. I did the PCT in an average snow year, and still was horrified, when not...

At the 25th annual Appalachian Trail Days Festival this weekend, there was great interest in the nation’s other great national scenic trail–the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). Indeed, sales of Skywalker–Highs and Lows on the Pacific Crest Trail were double the sales of my Appalachian Trail book. This was in spite of it being an Appalachian Trail event. Also, the fine documentary–Six Million Steps– drew alot of great...

PCTA has hired Jack Haskel as the new Trail Information Specialist. He will be strengthening PCTA’s trail information program to position PCTA as the best source of information about the Pacific Crest National Scenic Trail.