Blog Posts of the Pacific Northwest Trail Association

Update: Hike the Hill 2018

February 19, 2018

Each February, advocates from the Partnership for the National Trails System, the American Hiking Society, and over 30 nonprofit National Trail Organizations flock to Washington DC for the annual Hike the Hill event. The Pacific Northwest Trail Association was represented by Executive Director, Jeff Kish, who alongside other trail associations, met with members of Congress…

Update: Wildfire and Trail Conditions

February 3, 2018

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Above: Thru-hikers, Jess “Dust Bunny” Foster and Joe “Tickled Pink” Loubier were among the last to traverse the Boundary Trail in 2017. Foster snapped a photo of the wildfire still a few miles south while it torched the flanks of Ashnola Mountain. They would be among the last in a generation to see the wilderness…

The Official Hiking Guide App for the PNT

February 1, 2018

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The Pacific Northwest Trail Association is proud to announce our partnership with Atlas Guides. We teamed up to develop a new smartphone hiking guide to the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail. Guthook Guides, an Atlas Guides project, are detailed, map-based smartphone hiking guides for your favorite long-distance trails, created by a team…

New Website Launch

January 31, 2018

The New PNT.org If you haven’t visited our home on the web recently, we invite you to come explore the changes we’ve made at pnt.org. To adapt to the latest changes on the web, and to improve access to the Pacific Northwest National Scenic Trail by providing comprehensive trail information, we rebuilt our website from…

Trail towns offer business, friendships

October 30, 2017

#pacificnorthwesttrail, #republic, #thruhiking, #trailangels, #trailtowns

Hikers “Tinkerbell,” “Roadrunner,” “Iceberg” and “Pacer” travel the Pacific Northwest Trail from Glacier National Park to the Pacific, stopping in trail towns like Republic for supplies and human contact. Photo by Artie McRae. Trail Towns Offer Business, Friendships By Artie McRae This article originally appeared in the September 8th edition of the Ferry County…

Making Progress at Swift Creek

October 27, 2017

#pacificnorthwesttrail #swiftcreek #buildingabetterPNT

Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest staff, the PNTA, and SWITMO volunteers scout potential bridge and cable car sites for crossings over Rainbow and Swift Creek, on the PNT. HAZARDOUS CROSSINGS The Swift and Rainbow Creek crossings in Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest (MBS) have presented formidable challenges on the Pacific Northwest Trail for decades. Without bridges…

The 1,200 Miler Project

October 20, 2017

#pacificnorthwesttrail, #thruhike #crowntocoast

Ron Strickland and Ted Hitzroth arrive at the Pacific Ocean on their 1983 exploratory thru-hike. Photo by Ron Strickland. Record numbers of thru-hikers have flocked to attempt the Pacific Northwest Trail in 2017 — the Pacific Northwest Trail Association estimates that over 100 hikers have attempted end-to-end treks this year, nearly double the largest…

Celebrating our 40th Anniversary

August 15, 2017

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PNT founder, Ron Strickland summoned 2017 PNT thru-hiker, Tyler Yates, to the stage to speak about the wilderness character of the PNT. Celebrating our 40th Anniversary On a foggy August morning in the Puget Sound, Pacific Northwest Trail enthusiasts from all over the country joined the Pacific Northwest Trail Association to celebrate two historic…

Volunteer Spotlight: David Zermeno

June 22, 2017

#pacificnorthwesttrail #volunteer #maps #thruhike, Volunteer Spotlight

David Zermeno poses in front of the PNTA office before departing for Montana to begin his 1,200 mile adventure Before setting out on his Crown-to-Coast adventure on the Pacific Northwest Trail this summer, thru-hiker David Zermeno spent an entire month volunteering with the PNTA! David gave a whopping 177 hours in service to the…

National Trails Day, 2017

June 12, 2017

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PNTA staff and SWITMO volunteers pose in front of new PNT signage on the John Tursi Trail on National Trails Day, 2017 National Trails Day, 2017 The Pacific Northwest Trail Association celebrated National Trails Day on the newest addition to the PNT, the John Tursi Trail, with two exciting events. Thanks to the American Hiking…

Meet Analeise Dowd, a PNT legacy

May 26, 2017

#anniversary, #hikesfordad, #pacificnorthwesttrail, #thruhike, People of the PNT

An Interview With an Aspiring 2017 Thru-hiker How do you close a circle by walking a line? If you were to trace the route of the Pacific Northwest Trail with your finger, following map contours across endless mountain ranges and three states, you will have drawn a line connecting the crown of the continent…

How PNTA Leadership Could Become a Model for the Trails Stewardship Act

April 5, 2017

#backcountryhorsemen, #colvillenationalforest, #jobcorps, #nationalscenictrail, #pacificnorthwesttrail, #studentconservationassociation, #trailsstewardshipact, #trailwork, #washingtontrailsassociation

Download a copy of this article. Abercrombie Mountain, in the Colville NF, offers PNT’ers views, day trips and overnight camping opportunities IN THIS ARTICLE: Meeting the Challenge of Maintaining the PNT With Less Funding, How Will Trails Stay Open? Challenges to Maintaining the PNT in the Colville National Forest How the Colville Model Suggests…

Update: Hike the Hill 2018

Update: Wildfire and Trail Conditions

The Official Hiking Guide App for the PNT

New Website Launch

Trail towns offer business, friendships

Making Progress at Swift Creek

The 1,200 Miler Project

Celebrating our 40th Anniversary

Volunteer Spotlight: David Zermeno

National Trails Day, 2017

Meet Analeise Dowd, a PNT legacy

How PNTA Leadership Could Become a Model for the Trails Stewardship Act

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