Pacific Crest Trail Association

Pacific Crest Trail Association

Since 1977, the PCTA has protected, maintained, and advocated for the Pacific Crest Trail.

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Trainings Posted by Pacific Crest Trail Association

2024 Columbia Cascades Trail Skills College
Pacific Crest Trail Association
Pacific Crest Trail Association
2024 Columbia Cascades Trail Skills College

April 26 - 28, 2024

Cascade Locks, Oregon

• Intro to Trail Scouting, 102 Tread Design & Drainage, 103 Basic Saw Crew Training, 200 Basic Trail Design, 201 Drainage Design & Drain Dips, 302 Drainage Crossings, and 304 Crew Leadership
Pacific Crest Trail Association
Pacific Crest Trail Association
• Intro to Trail Scouting, 102 Tread Design & Drainage, 103 Basic Saw Crew Training, 200 Basic Trail Design, 201 Drainage Design & Drain Dips, 302 Drainage Crossings, and 304 Crew Leadership

December 23, 2020

Staff

Staff for Pacific Crest Trail Association

Sheila

Sheila Garcia

Pacific Crest Trail Association

Nonprofit

Sacramento, CA

Anitra

Anitra Kass

Pacific Crest Trail Association

Nonprofit

Sacramento, CA

Landon

Landon Welsh

Pacific Crest Trail Association

Trainer Nonprofit

Seattle, WA

Volunteer Training Coordinator for the Pacific Crest Trail Association-- planning trail-wide…

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Resources posted by Pacific Crest Trail Association

Basic Trail Design
Basic Trail Design

PCTA Trail Skills College Curriculum

Jul 2019
Crew Leadership: Managing Volunteers
Crew Leadership: Managing Volunteers

For students with moderate to extensive trail building experience who want to lead trail crews and work parties. Not a construction techniques class;…

Nov 2021
Crew Leadership: Project Management
Crew Leadership: Project Management

Learn the steps for estimating time and materials, and setting up a work project. Learn about trail triage: how to prioritize and what techniques to…

Mar 2019
Drainage Crossings
Drainage Crossings

The PCT and its feeder trails cross water courses of every conceivable size and type. Because bridges are time consuming and expensive, whenever…

Jan 2019
Drainage Design & Drain Dips
Drainage Design & Drain Dips

PCTA Trail Skills College Curriculum

Jan 2019
Hand Tool Field Maintenance
Hand Tool Field Maintenance

We rely on hand tools to lop branches, dig drain dips, remove slough and berm, construct waterbars and check steps, and much more. As a result, hand…

Mar 2019
Handtools for Trail Work
Handtools for Trail Work

The use and maintenance of handtools involved in trail work.

Jan 2005
Introduction to Trail Maintenance
Introduction to Trail Maintenance

An online PCTA training covering the fundamentals of trail maintenance.

Oct 2020
Rock Retaining Walls
Rock Retaining Walls

Learn fundamentals of rock construction including an emphasis on effective and safe use of rock bars, the critical tool for all rock work. We’ll…

Jan 2019
Trail Decommissioning & Wildland Restoration
Trail Decommissioning & Wildland Restoration

Learn how to put a campsite and section of trail to bed so that it returns to nature without erosion. Some call this “trail magic,” or “Zen and the…

Jan 2019
Trail Sign Installation & Inventory
Trail Sign Installation & Inventory

Be much more sign savvy! Understand trail sign specifications and learn how to install signs correctly. Learn to record sign inventory records in…

Jan 2019
Trail Skills College Course Curriculum
Trail Skills College Course Curriculum

To help our volunteers succeed in their trail work, PCTA collaborated with many partners to develop a Trail Skills College curriculum.
Tread and Drainage
Tread and Drainage

Water and gravity constantly threaten our trails and thus we must learn how best to deflect them. This course begins with basics of hillside…

Jan 2019
Tread Re-Construction
Tread Re-Construction

This course goes beyond a triage approach covered in Course 203 Waterbars and Checks because reconstruction indicates a more thorough restoration of…

Jan 2019

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