What a bad year it has been to attempt a thru-hike on any trail. I know the Covid restrictions/ requests stopped most thru-hikers this year. But on the PCT, the ones the virus and the regulators did not stop, now have the fires to contend with.
The PCT is closed in ALL CA National Forests due to fire. Hikers have been emergency evacuated out of the Vermillion Valley Resort (VVR) in the Sierras. I'm hearing the beautiful footbridge that crosses the Middle Fork of the Feather River may have burnt down. Here is a photo I took from that bridge...
Potholes! That is a steep gorge and a short swim. That will be quite a river crossing if the bridge is gone.
Large sections of the PCT in Oregon are closed due to fires.
Doubt there are going to be more than a handful of true thru's this year.
Of course, this is just a minor inconvenience compared to the loss of life and the loss of homes and livelihood.
RHJanes alerted us to the loss of gear-maker Kat 'MountainGoat' 's home.
Hoping that soon the weather will cool and the rains will come and 2020 can be put to bed.
The PCT is closed in ALL CA National Forests due to fire. Hikers have been emergency evacuated out of the Vermillion Valley Resort (VVR) in the Sierras. I'm hearing the beautiful footbridge that crosses the Middle Fork of the Feather River may have burnt down. Here is a photo I took from that bridge...
Potholes! That is a steep gorge and a short swim. That will be quite a river crossing if the bridge is gone.
Large sections of the PCT in Oregon are closed due to fires.
Doubt there are going to be more than a handful of true thru's this year.
Of course, this is just a minor inconvenience compared to the loss of life and the loss of homes and livelihood.
RHJanes alerted us to the loss of gear-maker Kat 'MountainGoat' 's home.
Hoping that soon the weather will cool and the rains will come and 2020 can be put to bed.
“Of all sad words of tongue or pen,
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier
the saddest are these, 'It might have been.”
John Greenleaf Whittier