Dangers of Hiking Pacific Crest Trail Loom as 2021 Season Approaches
Pilar Svendsen (left), Shelbi Graifman and Alex Hughes hike the John Muir Trail in Yosemite National Park.
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As the spring hiking season approaches, veterans of California’s trail community are urging long-distance backpackers to take extra precautions to avoid catastrophe. Looming over the season is the unceasing threat of the coronavirus as well as a tragic snow-related death last year on the Pacific Crest Trail.
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