Blog Posts of the Pacific Northwest Trail Association

National Trails Day, 2017

Above: 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…

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

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 a Way Forward Collaboration with the Back Country Horsemen of Washington Teaching Trail Skills to the Student Conservation Association Providing Job…

What a Difference a Mile Will Make

How the Finished Tursi Trail Perfects the PNT on Fidalgo Island History has shown that achieving the best possible route for a National Scenic Trails can take decades of collaboration and effort to accomplish. The John Tursi trail, finished in 2016, will trade traffic for tread on Fidalgo Island. The details: the PNT makes use…

Welcome to our team!

The Pacific Northwest Trail Association is pleased to introduce Eric Wollborg as the newest member of our growing team. After thru-hiking the PNT end-to-end, Eric knew he found his favorite National Scenic Trail. He saw the untapped potential of this adventure-packed trail to satisfy the need for wilderness in the next generation of hikers. A…

PNTA’s Next Executive Director

The Board of Directors has selected Jeff Kish as PNTA’s next Executive Director. Jeff is an accomplished thru-hiker who comes to the PNTA with completed end-to-end hikes of both the Pacific Northwest Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail under his belt. As a outdoor industry journalist, he brought the story of the PNT to an…

How to Prepare

So you’ve decided to attempt a thru-hike? Congratulations, that’s the first step of millions you’ll take by the time that you see this thing through! It’s a common sentiment among long-distance hikers that the first step is the hardest one to take… but that doesn’t mean that it’s all going to be downhill from here.…