[pct-l] Old PCT Route

[Ned Tibbits]

You know, speaking about old memorabilia, I have an old Pacific Crest Trail Club membership card from 1973 that is real wood! 

Ned Tibbits, Director
Mountain Education
www.mountaineducation.org

From: Mary Kwart 
Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 10:46 AM
To: blackbelthiker at gmail.com ; pct-l at backcountry.net ; ned at mountaineducation.org ; carlito at gmail.com 
Subject: Old PCT Route

I just located my 1974 PCT maps from the US Forest Service--the California section is in booklet form with a light tan cover (Ned--they may have been yellow at one time)--1/2 inch to the mile. Completed PCT is shown as a solid black line and uncompleted as a dashed line.The temporary route is shown with a red line--there is a lot of it.   The Oregon/Washington sections are folded maps at about 5/16 inch to the mile. The Oregon/Washington maps have a narrative "trail log" with cumulative mileage, location of camps--set up like a primitive data book. They are quite entertaining to look at. 


I wish I saved my old Wilderness Press guidebook from 1973--I remember statements like, "Look up on the ridge and head for an obvious old lodgepole pine". That was in the section north of Castle Crags in California. I had to dig out a dendrology book and make sure I knew what a lodgepole pine looked like.

Black Belt Hiker--I can scan in the areas you want to look at and email them to you.


--Fireweed