Burkhart had the chance to visit the family farm near the villages of Mael ... She often attends the annual Pacific Crest Trail season kickoff during the last weekend in April at Lake Morena ...

"Back then, for maybe one-third of California, there was no trail," said Burkhart, who believes she was the first woman to hike the trail alone. Today, modern Pacific Crest Trail hikers known as ...

From the far end of Buckhorn Campground, pick up the Burkhart Trail and descend 1.5 miles to join the Pacific Crest Trail. Turn right to follow the combined PCT/Burkhart Trail, passing the ...

MAZAMA, Okanogan County — There were no cellphones when Carolyn “Ravensong” Burkhart, at age 21, hiked the 2,650-mile Pacific Crest Trail alone in 1976. She wore heavy mountaineering boots ...

The USS Little Rock is the nation’s ninth littoral combat ship and it will bear a crest that commemorates “the rich history from Arkansas and Little Rock,” Ship Commander Paul Burkhart said.

Carolyn Burkhart, 67, was one of the first 100 people to hike the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada. She's pictured at the northern terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail on the U.S.-Canada ...