The latest trail news, conditions and updates on the Oregon section of the Pacific Crest Trail.
PCT NEWS The Permits You Need for Hiking the PCT in Oregon Thinking about a PCT hike this summer? The first thing to determine is if you’ll need a permit. That depends on the state you’re hiking in, the section of trail you want to hike (i.e., a specific forest or wilderness area), and how …
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PCT NEWS Forest Service Delays Launch of Central Cascades Permits; Increases Quotas for PCT Today was supposed to be the first day that hikers could apply for Central Cascades Wilderness Permits for the 2020 hiking season. These are the new permits that will limit hiker access to Oregon’s Central Cascades wilderness areas: Three Sisters, Mount …
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PANDEMIC UPDATE Is It Safe to Go Outside? Hiking in the Time of Coronavirus Hello hikers. First and foremost, we hope you are well and staying safe during this unprecedented global coronavirus pandemic. Here at PCT: Oregon, we’re doing okay, primarily since we run our site from a kitchen table in SE Portland. It was …
PCT NEWS Forest Service Backpedals on Fees for the Central Cascades; Permits, Quotas Still in Effect Apparently, 13,000 citizens raising their voice in objection to a government action gets noticed. The Forest Service has announced that the proposed fees for accessing Oregon’s Central Cascades wilderness areas—Three Sisters, Mount Washington and Mount Jefferson—has been scrapped and …
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PCT NEWS Our Response to the Central Cascades Permit Fee Proposal Beginning in 2020, Pacific Crest Trail section-hikers could be facing imposing access limits and excessive permit fees in Oregon’s Central Cascades wilderness areas. This includes 11o miles of the PCT that traverses the Three Sisters, Mount Washington and Mount Jefferson areas. The Willamette and …
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PCT NEWS New Permit Fees for Central Cascades Wilderness Will Hit PCT Section-Hikers Hard Earlier this month, the Willamette and Deschutes National Forests released their new permit fee proposals for accessing the Three Sisters, Mount Washington and Mount Jefferson wilderness areas. This is part of the larger Central Cascades Wilderness Studies Project (CCWSP) that was …
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