The Bigfoot Trail is being proposed as a National Recreation Trail! The Mountains and Rivers proposal will benefit northern California’s landscapes, watersheds and communities. We will ask Congressman Jared Huffman to champion this plan with legislation in Congress. This proposal includes support for: Protecting key healthy forests and streams that sustain our wild fish populations Restoring […]
Hike to Packers Peak
Five volunteers met up in Coffee Creek, California to summit Packers Peak in the Trinity Alps Wilderness. This is the highest point along the Bigfoot Trail, at 7,822′. The peak offers some of the best views…
Win a Bigfoot Trail Map Set
WHY DO YOU WANT TO HIKE THE Bigfoot Trail? Printed Map Set Sweepstakes • $50.00 value! Two map sets were crookedly cut during the printing process. While aesthetically imperfect, the data and maps are quite perfect. So it is time for a Bigfoot Trail Alliance sweepstakes! to Enter tell us Why you want to hike the BFT Comment on […]
Online Forum
We re-launched our online forum so users can post their experiences about the trail, share hiking conditions, discuss resupply options, and more. Registered users can: Customize your community with fully editable profile fields that allow your users to describe themselves. Allow your users to modify their account and notification settings directly from within their profiles. […]
Citizen Science and Climate Change
We have been funded by the Rose Foundation! The Climate Change and Citizen Science Along the Bigfoot Trail project will establish a series of six citizen-maintained photographic plots along the trail. This grant-funded project will establish a baseline for monitoring climate change, create a citizen science experience for trail users, and develop a deeper sense of place […]
Klamath Mountain Snowpack
Originally published at blog.conifercountry.com Pondering the 2016 hiking season… I have tracked how Klamath Mountain snowpack is correlated with the beginning of summer hiking season since 2003. In 2009 I started the Bigfoot Trail on the summer solstice, and it worked out perfectly—I found the perfect mix of snow, open trail, and manageable river crossings. In 2011 […]
Restoring the South Kelsey Trail
Check out the video from Sage Clegg that highlights the issues she encountered during her 2014 thru-hike along the South Kelsey Trail.
New Trails for a New Year
National Geographic Adventure shares the 411 about the Bigfoot Trail
