Supporters

The San Jacinto Trail Report is supported by the following individuals and organizations.

I am humbled by, and deeply grateful to, these long-term supporters who make multiple and/or recurring donations to the Trail Report:

Chris Singer Perreault
Scott Matheson
Jeffry Isaacson
Marc Oberlin
Beth McCooey
Morgan Taylor
Barbara and Bill Brown
Fowler-O’Sullivan Foundation
Andrea Lankford (on behalf of pctmissing.org)
Dan Mullins
Pete Carlson
Brian Olson
Florian Boyd
Constance Brunig
Regan Blythe Towal
Snezana Nesic
Jeffrey Slakter
Desert Blister Sisters hiking group
Ellen Coleman
Jim Marsh
Ben Stafford
Mike Meyer
Drew Stiles
William Ackerman
Bill Rhoads
Jeri John
Erika Lawson
Ted Sledzinski
Federico Recio
Chris and Shari Rodarte
Renee Lou Romano
Zach Daigneault
Jacqueline Zimbalist
Morgan Cannon
Debbie Forward
Sean Reed
Marc Fallow
Kelly Red
Ed Omberg
Wayne Einarson
David Wallace
Jon Persichino
Janine and Andy Shearer
Daniel Messina
Steve White
Barbara Catlin
Anthony Scozzari
John Cornell
Douglas Nelson
Ann and Steve Erler
Steve Sappington
Brian Green
Mary Ross
Jim Munn
Barb Catlin
Kim Thomas
Alan Stokes
Jane Udall
Laura Shands
Keith Jones
Julie Shepherd
Don Hutchison
Diane Arnold
Brad Marston
DeeAnn Bradley
Terry Strait
Jeffrey Corsaro
John Wathey
Steve Kowalk
(plus, in alphabetical order) Tracy Dawn Atkinson, Mark Baratti, Stephen Bateman, Michelle Bates, Paul Bennett, Melanie Bomar, Linda Briggs/Double Mocha Media, Ron Brown, Martha Campbell, Brian Carter, Jonathan Carter, Diann Chumney, Mike Clarken, James Conrad, Michelle Curtis, Teri Dahmen, Ron DiFelice, Peter Doubleday, Philip Drell, Matt Driscoll, Isabelle Dubois, Anne and Barnaby Finch, Michael Finn, Keith Fischer, Phillip Fomotor, Peter Genovese, Jeff Glynn, Melissa Goddard and Georgie Smith, David Harris, Mike Hawker, Cris Hazzard, Eric Holden, Dwight “Buzz” Holmes, Raymond S James, Tamsin Kelly, Michael Kenney, Charles Kepford, Kiyoshi Kodama, Kim Koenigs, Barry Kyler, Jacob Lang, Alexey Larionov, Bill Leach, Patrick Lekovish, Peter Leven, Jane Levy, Traci Locke, Dan Marshall, Jay Martin, Wade Martin, Bruce May, Beverlee McCullough, Michael McGinnis, Rory James McNair, David Melton, James Miller, Thomas Mooney, Carol Newark, Kathryn Nichol, Connor Noda, Jeremy Odom, Elizabeth Pendleton, Benito Perez, Patricia Pipkin, Dan Roberts, Craig Robertson, Lance Rocker, Andrea Schidl, Marianne Schroeder, Lance Shaw, Marilyn Sikes, Andrew “Bones” Simpson, Carolina Stone, Deanna Torres, Susan Virnig, Andrew Walls, Simon Walters, Matt Watkins, Dale Williamson, Richard Yocum, Philip Yoho.

Trail maintenance work undertaken by the Trail Report is supported in part by a generous equipment grant from the Rotary Club of Idyllwild.

Special thanks to Florian Boyd (and previously Christine Rheaume and Charles Phelan) for essential help managing social media outreach for the Trail Report.

Steve Holldber and Kevin Holldber of Idyllwild Heating and Cooling have provided support in many ways since the inception of the Trail Report.

Among many special neighbours in Idyllwild, Jim and Laura Tetlow, Terry Griner, and Pauline and Richard Dishman all provide unique logistical support to the San Jacinto Trail Report.

The Trail Report is especially grateful to Chris Singer Perreault (former owner of Silver Pines Lodge & Village) for her exceptional support since the earliest days of the Report.

The Fowler-O’Sullivan Foundation has been supporting the work of the Trail Report assisting nobo PCT hikers every spring since the Foundation was established in 2021.

Long term support from the community of Pine Cove, via the Pine Cove Property Owners Association, is deeply appreciated. Special thanks to the PCPOA Board, Board President Lisa Kwas, and past president Mark Dean.

Special thanks to the following outdoor companies that have supported the Trail Report in diverse ways over the years: Kahtoola, Heather’s Choice, Spring Energy, Nunatak Gear, Durston Gear, Cumulus Equipment, Blue Ice North America, Hoka One One, Enlightened Equipment, Arc’teryx, Petzl, Mammut, Black Diamond, The North Face, Prana, Hyperlite Mountain Gear, Farm to Summit, and Zpacks.

Thank you so much to the following friends for a variety of assistance with information and outreach over the years: Kyle Eubanks, Florian Boyd, Cathy Tarr, Darla Priest, Lorraine Hayes, and Val Rock.

In addition to the recurring contributors listed above, thank you to the following donors in 2025 (listed in alphabetical order by last name): Milton and Tracy Akenson, Richard Arwood, Joe Ashcraft, Adriela Ashford, Antuan Aun, Betty Avants, David Babulak, Kathy Bales, Jamie Baird (on behalf of the Blister Sisters), Christian Behrens, Micah Belliston, Ellen Benoit, Karen Bro, Louis Bruderer, Richard Canada, Linda West Cellos, Shelley Tucker Chacon, Natalie Clark, Stephen Cousineau, Jeffrey Crowley, Don Cyphers, Nicole Davis, Rob Downing, Dan Duke, Will Fisher, Ben Fixman, Kurt Flehinger, Isabel Fleming, Julianne Fleming, Tim Foster, Kyle Fowler, James Frisby, Marian Gaston, Matthew Geldin, Alejandro Gonzalez, Stacey Grant, Jim Green, Brittany Hale, Paul Halsch, Talisin Hammond, Fred Harding, Bill Hays, Francis Hebert, John Hughes, Marta Hynan, Diana Iolarno, Lawrence Israelson, Krister Johansen, Meredith Grace Jones, Scott Kastner, William Keefe, Kara Kilbane, William Kind, Teresa Kline, Matt Kopjak, Dorothy Krug, Barry Kyler, Michael Lane, Lisa Leondis, Alison Liebrecht, Brooks Mackintosh, Dominic Manser, Paula Marez, Luke McDermott, Kristin McGregor, Michael Mcvicker, Michael Merriman, Diane Milburn, Damien Montanile, Gautham Nagaraju, Rick and Barbara O’Brien, Gary Pascoe, David and Helle Pearson, Danette Perez, Daniel Pettigrew, Brad Phoenix, Sam and Angela Pietrofeso, Stephen Pratt, Robert Prestowitz, Robert Prestozog, Janet Ray, Rich Radenbaugh, Carol Lee Rawn, Don Rideout, Kristin Ross, Valerie Ross, Keith Schwab, Jim Shanley, Lance Shaw, Katherine Soelberg, Jasmine Star, Jan Stuckey, Stephen Sutton, Will Turman, Conrad Vanbaar, Michael van Daelen, Aaron Vavrek, Martin Vollmer, Andrew Walls, John Wathey, Susan Waun, J. P. and Christine Werlin, Stephen White, Monica Willbrand, Tracey “Wildflower” Williams, Charley Worley.

In addition to the recurring contributors listed above, thank you to the following donors (>$20) in 2024: Joan Ashcraft in memory of Robert Budinski, Ken Gioeli, Jennifer Koufos, William Kenworthy, Richard Wilson, Gabriel Wartbichler, Marian Gaston, Kristen Mann, “Sarge”, Mark Wallet, Cynthia Kuenzi, Hila Smith, Sergey Peganov, Marc Fallow, Jon Persichino, Gene Marsh, Rebecca Andelson, Marta Hynan, Tyler Zang, Dave Bubser, Alex Langerman, Patricia Hildinger, Diane Salter, Janet Giles, Mike Harley, Philip Yoho, Richard Donlavage, Robert Emch, Peter Polson, Michael Rosenthal, Terry Dahmen, Candice Miller, John Goodman, Gregory Porter, Kathy Bales, Marianne Schroeder, Kristin Anderson, Daniel Dixon, Daniel Witcher, Kenneth Chandler, Randall Koeneke, John Keltner, Bruce Knowlton, Daniel Maher, Brian Carter, Wayne Richter, AJ Freisleben, Janver Holly, James Brock, Laura Peterson, Bob Moore, Liza Dunham, Steve Kowalk, Tome Evans, John Regus, Virginia Robinson, Kevin Steele, Ronnette Adams, Curtis Jensen, Madison Tolan, Peter Genovese, Conrad Vanbaar, Kathryn Nichol, Michal Immerbahr, Alli Salaman, Pierson Jacquelin, Byron Taylor, Thomas Hopper, Christopher Martin, Andy Rohrer, Bradley Goering, Joe Dollries, Steve Feinberg, Eric Driscoll, Edward Alex Stoermer, Maura Sell, Mandy Wilson, Nicholas Tripp, Scott Olson, Bill Bliss, Tracy Faber, Monica Coto, Daniel Schmaltz, Stephen Bryne, Kevin Quaid, Paula Boydston, Chris Cottrell, Cynthia Tessin, Steven Sanders, Jordan Miller.

In addition to the recurring contributors listed above, thank you to the following donors (>$20) in 2023: Jane and Lanny Wagstaff, Stonewall Saddle Company, David Weston, Mark Wallet, Greg Schmid, Chad Buelow, Dana “Tumbleweed” Sabol, Glenn Brown, Stella-Terra Clemens, Jason Trikakis, Lucinda Ben-Avi, Rob Hume, Daniel Apodaca, Daniel Wilkerson, Nancy Perry, Robert Rathfelder, Rachelle Hayward, Eric Ruud, DeeAnn Bradley, Linda Hind, Tim Agnew, Stephen White, Dan Martin, James Scrivner, Bill Williams, Michael Long, Kelsey L., Spencer Epperson, Lisa Feldstein, Mark DeBoer, Daniel Burdick, John Cornell, Eric Holden, Jane Levy, Andrew Walls, Molly Mapel, Andrew Burch, Jacob Smith, Craig Robertson, Connie Stewart, Jennifer Hudson, Diann Chumney, David M. Levin, David Melton, Karen Keller, Morgan Talkington, Elizabeth Evans, Joseph Migliore, Cathy Sheldon-Wambaugh, Joe Dollries, Javier Joquiera, Isabelle Dubois, Leslie Mouriquand, Stewart McClure, Jackson Hawkins, Samantha Moore, Sarah San Clemente, Samuel Furrer, Vania Gillette, Thad Kull, Barbara Viereck, Jay Martin, Piper Denlinger.

Our volunteer work in 2022/23 season was sponsored in part by Kahtoola, who also kindly supply MICROspikes Footwear Traction and gaiters to the Trail Report.

Thank you to donors in 2022 (in addition to recurring donors listed above): David Stewart, Leonard Berz, Christine Rheaume & Mark Gumprecht, Luisa Garbowit, Edmundo Saenz, Kevin Cadieux, Jerry Croft, Greg Norombaba, William Dwyer, Jeff Borders, Bruce Hall, Timothy Savageaux, Hildegard Smith, Paul Bennett, Barb Catlin, Andrea Schidl, David Fitzgerald, Marianne Schroeder, David Wallace, Rose Molloy, Karl Vonschlieder, Thomas Mooney, Anne Schuler, John Moseley, Patricia Li, Emily Hayes, Ben Stafford, Keri Svancara, Harvey Cheatham, John Scranton, Connie DePaepe Layton, Mike McClure, Anton Fulmen, Ron and Linda Brown, Steve Sappington, Donna Beane; and the hikers who made small cash donations via Nomad Ventures in Idyllwild.

Thank you to the following donors in 2021 for their generosity: (>$99) Jeffrey Miner, Ann E. Woodward Funk, Cesar de Oliveira, Kristine O’Bannon, Richard Cullip, Mike Merriman, Cat Biele, Nancy Perry, Charles Wang, Dennis Brown, Katherine Bonsall, Scott Matheson; (>$49) Susan Rogers, Elisabeth Thordin, Pam Fleury, Tom Chester, Michael Ryan, Karen Chester, Elisabetta Fugo, Joseph Sloate, Sam Goodrich, David Harris, Dana Nelson, Susan Virnig, Linda Surber, Vicki Warner-Huggins, Leslie Melson, Alison Moir, Martin Davis, Robert Caster, Peggy “Grambo” Henry, Steve and Ann Erler, Felipe Castellon, Kevin Cadieux, The Inspire Group LLC; (>$24) Mark Salter, Jennifer Han, DeeAnn Bradley, Maritie Blancet, Rahul Deshpande, Keith Jones, Joel Munoz, Lisa Pulliam, Cynthia Taiclet, Kona Kamps Inc., Paul Schneider, John Donoghue, Carol Falkenhayn Maloy, David Meltzer, Aquila Smoyer, Phi Le, David Garcia, Penelope Tait, Steve Sappington, Consuelo Ramos, Delbert Shepard, Linda Dinko, Lori Olthoff, John Cihocki, Crystal Pase, Cheryl Reupert, Richelle Bogue, Gary Frey, William Salmon, Stephen Bennett, David Fogarty, Patricia Pipkin, Lisa Dietrich, Michael van Daelen; (>$19) Ross Craft, Richard Volkert, Lance Rocker, Michael Salvador, Kimberly O’Connor, Lisa Leondis, Jonathan Mooney, Felix Tang, Keith Liker, Kathleen Page, William Niemi, Kerry Thomas, Simon Metcalfe, Joyce Chang, Jaime Aviles, Tom Gramila, Kurt Dumas, Ross Craft, Dwight “Buzz” Holmes, Mark Batz, David Rubenson, William Fisher, John Pace, Rob Labatt, Thomas Bolles, Thomas Thebeau, Lacie Smith, Anthony Maenza, Gayle Early, Derek Wood, Cameron Dow, Bob Jaworski, David Sanford, Jeffrey Isaacson, Matt Lasley, Janet Stuckey, Daniel Richardson, Nicole Desotelle, Cody Randall-May, Angus McRae, Karen Linehan, Peter Doubleday, Dennis Robinson, Allee Chance, Ted Graham, Richard Martin, Deanna Torres, Carolina Stone, Peter Leven, Jonas Anderson, Andrew Gordon, John Regus, Lee David Winston, James Parsons, Guido Sascha Zumbusch; (>$9) Jeff Feazell, Thomas Monroe, Immaculata Bramlage, Peter Genovese, Robert S Jackson, David Vasquez, Thomas Grady, Michael Trop, Melanie Bomar, Lenah Parente, Susan Goodley, David Ward, Heidi Hoggan, Myra Cullen, Patricia Pipkin, Joy Goebel, Seth Franklin, Steven Bunyak III, Cheryl Brehme, Heidi Ledger, Don Hutchison, Connor Noda, Gary Gray, Elaine Coyle, Doug Brantley, Christopher Dieringer, Jesse Walker, Alexey Larionov, Jimmy Hardenbrook, Clay Bonnyman Evans, Ginger Conrad, Andrew Cox, Lonnie Melton, David Gostine, Jaeson Pieretti, Kristy Yantos, Aaron Borowski, James Fowler, Chris Juracka, Robert McDonald, Shuter Bay Creations, Leticia Rodriguez, Eric Holden, Bob Trikakis, Michael Perry; (>$4) Felix Schlesinger, Renee Lusano, Kelly Pennington, Gautham Nagaraju, Justin Kuhn, Rick Posada, Andrew Simpson, Jonathan Metzger, Matthew Impey, Andrew Pandes, Stephanie Woodward, Mike Hawker.

Many thanks to the following donors in 2020 for their generosity: Bill Rhoads, Teresa & Pete Carlson, Ellen Coleman, Melissa Goddard, John Dimock, Lyndsay Smith, GiGi Kramer, Trish Seaward, James Munn, Brett Wehn, Dan Messina, Catherine Makino, Ross Thompson, James Klaassen, Jim Marsh, Emery Van Zandt, Theodore Kay, Anthony Scozzari, John Earnhart, Morgan Taylor, Cynthia Tessin, Anne Finch, Spencer “Hammer” (Wild West Pacific Crest Trail), Frank Baele, Joan Sotomayor, Douglas Nelson, Ben Stafford, Magnus Felke, Jane Udall, David Harris, David Stewart, Jennifer Bodine, Barbara Catlin, Michael Noll, Michael Kenney, David Christian, Blythe Towal, Russ Caveness, Michael Rosenthal, Elizabeth Phillips, James Michaelian, Chad Thurgood, Randy Scott, Richard Wood, Diane Arnold, Rich Donlavage, Catherine Rossbach, Alan Stokes, Karin Greenwood, Craig Robertson, Neal Lange, Jim “Tranquilizer” Miller, Kishore Joshi, Ronn Kilby, Michael Ross, Mary Ross, The Inspire Group LLC, Beverlee McCullough, Starla Rivers, Daniel Echevarria, Michael Salvador, Tanya Ingorvate, Sally Morley, William Ackerman, Margaretta Page, Kathryn Freeman, Michelle Curtis, William Souser, Kyle Eubanks, Clean & Colorful Kitchen, Micheal McGinnis, Paul Van de Riet, Teri Dahmen, Cynthia Rehberg, Sam Clark, Katherine Connor, John Nixon, Shaoyi Peng, Kendall Comey, LeBrun, Deanna Torres, Lawrence Wells, Brad Bishop, Elizabeth PhillipsJanet McAlpine, Katherine Sheets, Neil Vesco, Stephanie Castillo, Jeff Greenlee, Jack Kuenzle, Blake Borgeson, Jesus Davila, Serafina Benjamin, Kathleen Bryson, David Schaefer, Katrine Wilson, John Lenhardt, Mark Aguilar, David Bridges, Tracy Dawn Atkinson, John Danly, Daryl Shippy, Robert Schuppe, Darren Osten, Russell Hepton, Caila Pilo, Holly Parsons/Idyllwild Life, Lance Shaw, David Russ, William Fisher, Alexandre Jasserme, Eric Holden, Marja Miller, Richard Marston, John Scranton, Mark McDermott, Joseph Bernier, Brian Wise, Holly Shakya, Karen Eagleton, Jacob Lang, SD Model Makers, Paul Crowe, Lauren Ginsberg, Suzanne Schaffner, Cindy Maria, Steph Wilson, Alexey Larionov, James Boyd, Ross Craft, Jeremy Odom, Fran Chen, Jason Stine, Kenneth Wilson, Talisin Hammond, Patricia De Leon, Jacob Finkler, Lauren Braithwaite, Wayne Einarson, Shauna Kravec, Patricia Galvez, Randall Haley, William Leach, Michael Kaiser, Aundrea Bentley, Sean Reed, Jennifer Lane, Caroline Hildebrand, Sacha Papouban, Daniel Kettler, Holly Willbanks, Nemmir Salem, Kim Brantenaar, Justin Eldridge, Daniel Callies, Susan Teague, Jack Tyson, Austin Teske, Nathan Kendig, Brad Berry, Eliot Milbourn, Krista Ramirez.

Many thanks to these donors in 2019: Silver Pines Lodge and Village, Carmel and Con O’Sullivan, Cathy Tarr (on behalf of the David O’Sullivan search team), Julian “Miles” Gricksch, Marc Oberlin, Brian Green, Constance Brunig, Steven Morris and Martha Ludlum, Charles Phelan and Marcia Harlan, Sarah Francis, William Brown, Brad Marston, Ron Brown, Natalie Mikecz/Nat Nak Eng, LLC, Pamela VanZandt, Cory “Second Chance Hiker” Macdonald, Emmanuel Mwangi, Edward Omberg, Michael Gould, Christopher Kemmerer, Evelyn M. Blake, Alann Lopes, Jean Cassidy, Joe Zacharuk, Kathryn Freeman, Peter Weintraub, Erika Lawson, Keith M. Capp, Mark Carde, Don Line, Tracey Miller, Steven Loeffler, Marlin Buchanan, Ted Sledzinski, Dayle Gates, Florian Boyd, Steven “Grumpy” Coffer, Christine Vanek, Sharon Kaffen, Bettina Uppenkamp, Joe Kubicki, Jane Earnshaw, Ross Craft, Philip Drell, Randall January, David Wexler, Carolina Stone, Alan Stokes, Frank Sprinkle, Linda Briggs/Double Mocha Media, SD Model Makers, Stephen Hoekwater, Kenneth Bothman, Vincent Tagliatela, Laura Wilson, Benjamin Shackelford, Christopher Whitaker, Wesley Chyrchel, Teri Dahmen, Rich Radenbaugh, Jason Neville, Michael Haubert, Katrina Kirkeby, Lionel Xavier, Teresa Perez de la Sala, Don Kreitz, Kevin Cross, Jules Mondeau, Donna Michelle Butera, Kevin Durston, David Chadwell, Joanne Kessler, Diane Arnold, Rob Widmer, Wayne Einarson, James Lankford, Charles Kepford, Jason Bosinoff, Donald Caldwell, Mike Hawker, Laura Wilson, Dahlia Weinstein, Hannah McQuoid, Troye Welch, Lizette Sanchez, James Conrad, Visaka Amarasekera, Anthony Carter, Susan Kruger, Bill “Fireball” Moyer, Bill “Hurricane” Pllu, David Sanford, Kyle Eubanks, Jenn Murdock and Tim Dailey, Stuart Scanlon, Justin Ibershoff, Trisa Robarge, Richard Martin, Nika Carter, Jeffrey Stone, Joshua Goldman, Zach Nelson, Scout Troop 975 of San Diego, Michael Grunwald, Jill A. Golden, Cynthia A. Johnson, Shannah Zorn, Shelby Olive, Robert Benson, Pat Ogden, Cheryl Johnson, RoadTrek TV Inc., “Bobby Ozone”, Jay Martin, Adrienne Taylor, Lawrence Padden, Karen L Jones, Chad Humphreys, Rachel Guim, Nelson Pagel, Lisa Clivio, Megan Kirkpatrick, Norma Madrigal, Steven LaFlame, Karl Nagel, Jim “Gravity” Smith, Matt Thomson, Jon-Kyle Mohr, James Miller, Brenda Comer, Jon Jenkins, Katherine Heisler, Georges Menard, Paul Bergstrom, David Mann, Tanya Bowers Dean, Richard Davis, Lisa Fimby-Dukart, Cang Nguyen, Lance Shaw, David Hoopes, Jeremy Odom, Sarah Schmidt, Jazmin Ortega, LeeAnn Johnson, Jack Kuenzle, Ricardo Soria, Jason Greenman, William Leach, Alan “Moose” Long, Gregory Hwee, Dawn L. Del Guercio, The Pet Elf Inc., Todd Graham, Anne Renta, Susan Yu, Jeffrey Sukow, Emma Gunnell, Erica Burton, Stacey Bucklin, Kristina “Pitstop” Lange-dei, Gerald Henrickson, Malorie Seaman, TJ Pava, Matthew Chmielewski, Kalman Tinka, Christine Taylor, Daniel Mahoney, Timothy Stellmach, Bob Nedbalski, Michael Stackpoole, Shopping with Tanna, Peter Pendergraft, Sally Morley, Wild Mountain Herbals, Helen Geris, David Roop, Jason Weathers, Linda Rauda, Wendy Owens, Thomas Leitner, and the many hikers who made small cash donations via Nomad Ventures.

Similarly, many thanks to the following donors for 2018: Carmel and Con O’Sullivan, Cathy Tarr (on behalf of the David O’Sullivan search team), Steven Morris and Martha Ludlum, Charles Phelan and Marcia Harlan, Andrea Lankford, Carol Newark, Mary “Badger” (PCT section hiker), Ron Brown, Tim Brown, Ed Harrison, Richard Martin, Brad Marston, Matthew Ritter, Chrissy King, Jeremy Odom, Sean Reed, Ross Craft, Adam Boukis, William Leach, David Grise, and the many hikers who made small cash donations via Nomad Ventures.

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