[pct-l] RE: PCT California loop trail

[AsABat at 4Jeffrey.Net (AsABat)]

The trails to loop from the PCT are already under construction:

PCT from Mexican border almost to Oregon
Redwood Coast to Crest Trail from Red Butte Wilderness west to Crescent City
Pacific Coast Trail south to San Diego
Trans County Trail from Torrey Pines east to PCT in Anza Borrego

The two east-west trails listed were about 70% complete in 2002.

In 1945 California planned the California Riding & Hiking Trail, which would
have been a 3,000-mile loop from Mexico to Oregon. While some of the trail
was constructed, the idea was formally abandoned in 1974 by a new plan that
included the PCT. Parts of the CR&HT still exist, such as in San Diego
County, although legal access easements in some areas are in question. 

The 2002 California Recreational Trails Plan is available at
http://www.parks.ca.gov/pages/1324/files/trails%20plan%20art%20final%203.pmd
.pdf

Check out page xiii (4th from the back in the appendix) for a map of trails
that link with the PCT.

AsABat