Timeline of Changes to the Trail and Community: Pacific Crest Trail
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2022
- The campground and services at Tuolumne Meadows is closed.[1] As of 2021, it is scheduled to reopen in the summer of 2024.
2021
- Shanda Berto, operator of the Seiad Valley Cafe, passed away.[2]
- 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.[3]
- Zero Day Resupply is closed for 2021 due to procurement issues.
- Montezuma Valley Market is closed after a fire. The owners intend to reopen.
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.
- Sonora Pass Resupply is now permanently closed.
- Muir Trail Ranch is closed this year due to wildfires.
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.
- Montezuma Valley Market is now open and serving hikers in Warner Springs, California.
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.[4]
- Ziggy and The Bear, well-known trail angels in the Desert section, are no longer offering services.[5][6]
- Bear canisters are now required in Lassen Volcanic National Park.[7]
2016
2015
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.
References
- ↑ https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/gaoa-tuolumne-meadows-campground.htm
- ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/PacificCrestTrail/comments/qwbt5z/a_sad_day_for_seiad_valley/
- ↑ https://thetrek.co/pacific-crest-trail/liz-bergeron-executive-director-and-ceo-of-the-pcta-has-announced-retirement/
- ↑ https://www.pcta.org/2017/pct-lost-angel-andrea-kay-burr-dinsmore-55476/
- ↑ https://www.whiteblaze.net/forum/showthread.php/121558-Ziggy-and-the-Bear-closed
- ↑ http://mailman.backcountry.net/pipermail/pct-l/2016-October/079587.html
- ↑ https://thetrek.co/pacific-crest-trail/pct-2017-changed/
- ↑ https://thetrek.co/pacific-crest-trail/pct-2017-changed/