Aug 30, 2026
Robert DeRosa reported about the Utah practice hike as he and others joined trip leader, Dan Kovach. “On August 14th, a small group of our hikers, preparing for a five day backpacking trip into the High Uintas, gathered for a training hike at Brighton Base. At...
Aug 15, 2026
Dave Kline joined his brother, Merritt (PD hiker) on the first PasstoPass hike in Montana. Dave shares his wonder about the scenery and the outdoors and the whole trip. “I am sitting on the shore of Johnson Lake in the Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness area of west...
Jun 17, 2026
Tamara , longtime hiker and now a trip leader too spent a Saturday at the Parkinson’s Expo sharing information about our organization and her trip to the Joe Dodge Lodge. The Appalachian Mountain Club maintains a lodge near Pinkham Notch and Tam will be leading...
May 2, 2026
NW Parkinson’s Foundation shares information about PasstoPass since our beginning in 2016. Many of our hikers from Washington, Idaho, Montana and Alaska heard about us from the NWPF weekly email, HOPE conferences or the blog. We are thankful for their...
Jan 11, 2026
The NW Parkinson’s Foundation had a HOPE conference in Lacey, WA yesterday and 3 PtP hikers manned a table- John, Marcy and Chris, all in their 2025 tee shirt with our new brochure and a slideshow too. If you have a Parkinson’s event or HOPE conference...
Nov 22, 2025
We honor the memory of Ken Kisch who passed away this month. Ken was the key person in the formation of PasstoPass with Bill. He answered the query Bill posted in the NW Parkinson’s weekly email about wanting to backpack with PD. Ken met Bill at the famed...
