PCT work to impact trail users

Sections of the Pacific Crest Trail near Lake Tahoe will be reconstructed.

Crew members from the American Conservation Experience, Truckee Trail Foundation, REI and  Tahoe National Forest will work north of Old Highway 40 past the rock climbing areas and the Summit Lake Trail, beginning at the junction with the PCT and proceeding north. These areas are currently below National Forest Service trail standards because of overuse and detrimental environmental conditions and require intensive maintenance.

While minor delays may impact recreationalists as they hike the trail Monday through Friday between the hours of 8:30am-4:30pm from now until Sept. 9, major delays are expected on Sept. 13 on these segments. Weekend use of the trails should not be affected, but hikers are cautioned to move through the affected areas taking into consideration the current status of the construction.