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WCLS virtual events feature record-setting thru-hiker
Record-setting Pacific Crest Trail hiker Heather Anderson is giving a series of online talks and discussions for the Whatcom County Library System (WCLS) that’s already...
Guiding through a pandemic
Story and photos by Jason D. Martin
American Alpine Institute executive director
Though there had been news about Covid-19, most of us weren’t following it closely...
CULTURE
Indoor Recommendations, Vol. 1
It looks like we’re all going to be spending a lot of time inside, or at least close to home, for a while to...
Team Jake: One local team makes Ski to Sea a celebration...
By Oliver Lazenby
Jake Merrill, 23, died in an avalanche on February 11, 2014, while guiding a hut skiing trip in the Eagle Cap Wilderness,...
SNOW
Still Sideways: Tandem Snowboarding the Banked Slalom
Devon Raney, a surfer, snowboarder, and homebuilder, had life pretty well figured out until he began losing his vision at age 33. In this...
Citizen scientists measuring snow in places scientists can’t
By Elizabeth Kimberly
With the onset of spring in the Cascades, the mountain snowpack begins its annual phase change: dense snow becomes cold, flowing water...
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WCLS virtual events feature record-setting thru-hiker
Record-setting Pacific Crest Trail hiker Heather Anderson is giving a series of online talks and discussions for the Whatcom County Library System (WCLS) that’s already...
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WCLS virtual events feature record-setting thru-hiker
Record-setting Pacific Crest Trail hiker Heather Anderson is giving a series of online talks and discussions for the Whatcom County Library System (WCLS) that’s already...
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