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Sorry, but the PCT Community Bear Canister Loan Program for 2016 is "CLOSED" as of Feb. 10th... Over the last few days have now received far more requests than we have canisters, so the loan...

Sorry, but the PCT Community Bear Canister Loan Program for 2016 is "CLOSED" as of Feb. 10th... Over the last few days have now received far more requests than we have canisters, so the loan...

Attention: 2016 nobo PCT thru-hikers...
Announcing the tenth year of the PCT Community Bear Canister Loan Program.
(FYI: As of 2015, the canisters are now stored and distributed at Grumpy Bear’s...

+1 to what Miner said! If going nobo, many times there is just as much or more snow in NorCal and/or Oregon - and navigation can be much more difficult there than in the Sierra when the trail is...

Please call the phone number Donde posted above (916-285-1846) and either get your start date changed or ask to determine where you should start - do not apply for another (second) permit.
There is...

I do not know what you define as northern CA, DLP, nor if you are counting all fires, including those down in the Sacramento Valley & foothills - but I grew up in the far NorCal mountains (where the...

The PCT Water Report should more correctly be called the "SoCal PCT Water Report" - there can also be potential water 'problems' one should be aware of beyond SoCal...
This year, especially, many...

If you Google "Sonora Pass Resupply", guess what comes up as the first (& 2nd) hit... :D

The free iOS app "eTrails" 1.4 is now available
(the following from a posting on another PCT forum site)

David Money Harris is delighted to report that eTrails 1.4 is now available for iOS...

The information as to the need or reason to borrow a canister that is provided by the requester...

If you have a better idea or way of doing it, please let me know. ;)
Better yet, you can take it...

Quick answer: No, you're still being considered.
I have received over 100 requests and we only have about half as many canisters as requests... I have to go through all the requests and 'weigh'...

The lack of snow actually slowed them down quite a bit because they couldn't ski as much as they had planned (or hoped) - having to get off the skis at much higher elevations than anticipated due to...

I have to disagree with some of what you said, Casey, mostly that "snow depth at 12,000 might not be that far below normal." Looking at the CDEC stations reports,...

Yes, Ryan, you will see 'some' snow - at least on the passes; absolute worst case for lack of snow - only some snow on the northern side of the passes.

Sorry, but the PCT Community Bear Canister Loan Program for 2015 is "CLOSED" as of March 22nd...

Have received far more requests than we have canisters, so the loan program for this season is now...

PCT Community Bear Canister Loan Program 2015 - now "CLOSED"



Sorry, but the PCT Community Bear Canister Loan Program for 2015 is "CLOSED" as of March 22nd...
Have received far more...

FYI & FWIW: the latest 30- and 90-day forecast outlooks ( for Apr and Apr/May/Jun) from NOAA's NWS Climate Prediction Center were released this morning... See...

"Halfmile's PCT" app (iOS version) automatically updated this morning - now synchronized with 2015 maps & data.
See <http://www.pctmap.net/iphone-app/>.

Happy trails!!!

PCT Community Bear Canister Loan Program - 2015

Apologies for the late announcement this year, but alternate arrangements had to be made since Tom
Figueroa in Kennedy Meadows could no longer...

L-Rod emailed her TA list plus I received replies from a few others...
Thanks to all for the assistance!
Happy trails!!!

If anyone has the names and/or contact info for any of the 2014 Tehachapi trail angels, would you please forward that info to me off-list? (enyapjr at comcast dot net)
It would be greatly...

1. A separate free California Campfire Permit is required for campfires and/or stove use on state, BLM, or USFS land (subject to each individual agency unit's current regs); it is not included on the...

Just check & get permit(s) at Tuolumne as jawnzee mentioned. If doing Half Dome, you will also need a separate permit for that (required 7 days a week now, no exceptions).

FYI - Hiker Heaven is closing... see <http://on.fb.me/1yYKGVw>...

Closing possibly precipitated by some specific post replies in <http://on.fb.me/1C1rf29>...

A sad day, indeed.

Yes, rjhouser, you did answer your own question, but FWIW, FYI... California snow is much lower than 70% of normal - as of January 20th it's only 30% of normal to date according to state reports. ...