by Andy Dappen Late August through mid October – it’s an unrivaled time of year to backpack, climb, and mountain bike. The crowds are down, the heat has dropped, the weather is stable, the angled light is prettier, and the...Read More...
by Sarah Shaffer It was a sunny day on the biggest day of the year for water levels on the Wenatchee River. Over 17,000 cubic feet per second. Boom, it was going to be a big day, a day to...Read More...
Always Take a Pack – Even on Short Hikes by Jaana Hatton You’re thinking of a quick hike, just a few hour walk, so you can forget about the pack, right? Think again. Given the possibility of injuries, navigation errors,...Read More...
by Rufus Woods Pat Wet Turner, who survived a near-fatal car accident as a high school senior in 1965 that resulted in the amputation of her right leg, has never let her disability define her being. Now, Turner has written...Read More...
by Ray Birks It’s hard when you’re selfish like I am and you have kids. To find time to do what you love and make sure you spend more than enough time with your kids, or vice versa. But like...Read More...
by Marc Dilley Every May I get excited about the appearance of one of my all-time favorite wildflowers, Tweedy’s Lewisia. I don’t know if it’s the coastal weather we’ve had all “spring” or just that I’ve pushed into new areas...Read More...
by Ray Birks Back in the day, before specialized gear and actual knowledge of what we were doing, my friends and I used to “bikepack”. I put this in quotes because what we were doing was strapping any available backpacking...Read More...
Although the beginning of summer has just begun, the blistering hot weather has been around off and on for about a month now. To prepare for summer heat while being active outdoors, we did a little digging on ways to...Read More...
It’s time to make a little room in your backpack. Since its publication on March 1st, 2023, Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry has been one of the bestselling books in the bioregion. The 8,000 copies initially printed are finding...Read More...
Words and pictures by Peter Bauer Every year about Mother’s Day, a bizarre phenomenon occurs at the top of Twin Peaks. As the sun warms the south-facing portion of the summit crag, the rocks begin oozing ladybugs out of the...Read More...
