Timeline of Changes to the Trail and Community: Pacific Crest Trail

2022

• The campground and services at Tuolumne Meadows is closed. As of 2021, it is scheduled to reopen in the summer of 2024.

2021

• Shanda Berto, operator of the Seiad Valley Cafe, passed away.
• Burney Mountain Guest Ranch has been sold to new owners who are not offering hiker services.
• Big Lake Youth Camp is not offering hiker services this year due to COVID-19.
• September 10: Liz Bergeron, Executive Director and CEO of the PCTA, announces her upcoming retirement.

2020

• Etna Hiker Hut is no longer open.
• Hiker Heaven is now a limited availability AirBnB accommodation.
• Casa de Luna is no longer open.
• This is the last year Scout and Frodo will be providing trail angel services.
• Implementation of permit caps for hikers starting near the northern terminus (15 starts per day, June 1 - July 31).
• Implementation of Southern Sierra Continuous Travel rule.
• The grocery store in Agua Dulce is now closed.
• Big Lake Youth Camp is not offering hiker services this year due to COVID-19.

2019

• This will be Hiker Heaven's last year offering services.
• This will be [Casa de Luna]]'s last year offering services.

2018

• The outfitter at Mt. Laguna is now closed.

2017

• Andrea Dinsmore, the trail angel who ran Hiker Haven near Skykomish, Washington, passed away in December. Hiker Haven continues to host some hikers, but far fewer than before Andrea's passing.
• Ziggy and The Bear, well-known trail angels in the Desert section, are no longer offering services.
• Bear canisters are now required in Lassen Volcanic National Park.

2015

• This is the last year for the ADZPCTKO, an annual event since 1999.

TODO

• When did the Etna Hiker's Hut close?
• When did Shrek's Swamp, the Cascade Locks, Oregon trail angel, close? after 2018?
• When did the Ashland Hostel in Ashland, Oregon, close?
• When did Sonora Pass Resupply close?
• When did Zero Day Resupply close?
• When did the Warner Springs Community Center reduce their services? What services, if any, do they offer today?
• When did Triple Crown Outfitters in Kennedy Meadows, California, first open?
• When did the Kennedy Meadows General Store change ownership?
• When did Callahan's Mountain Lodge near Ashland, Oregon change ownership?
• Were VVR / MTR / Reds Meadow closed during 2020 due to COVID/fires?
• When did the new outfitter in Etna, California open? A redditor reports they remained open as of 2021.
• When did the bus that runs from the PCT to Mt Shasta city first start?
• When did Ziggy and The Bear stop offering services?
• Are Papa Smurf and Mountain Mama still trail angeling in Big Bear, California?
• When did the 'mandatory donation trail angel' near Belden stop offering services?
• Is Wits End in Tehachapi, California still offering services?
• When was the first PCT Days?
• When was the Southern Sierra Continuous Travel Rule first implemented? 2019?
• When and by whom have PCT FKTs been set? Check fastestknowntime.com.