Grant's Getaways: Pacific Crest Trail Logout

Despite warm summer-like temperatures, some of Oregon's most prized mountain wilderness areas are just waking up from winter. In the Mark O Hatfield Wilderness - prized for silence, solitude and stunning scenery - you won't hear phones, radios or TV. Yet each spring, you may hear the unique raspy tones of cross-cut saws at work across a large tree that fell across the trail. It is the sound of trail-keepers who give their time and labor so hikers and campers have an easier way. They are volunteers with the Pacific Crest Trail Association who move the trees that fall across the PCT each winter.