Uphill Battle An indoor enthusiast ventures into the dreaded outdoors on snowshoes Story and photos by Steve Guntli 7:30 a.m.: My wife Nicole attempts to wake me up. At 7:30 a.m. On a Sunday. In …

Going for Gold Story and photos by Pat Grubb We PNW’ers who play up in the mountains with the gods have a more heavenly view of the weather than our sea-level brethren who bitch and moan about the …

Modern Day Explorers Sail to ski adventures with Krüger Escapes By Ian Ferguson The inland oceans of Washington offer beautiful sailing destinations, but as you move north up the coast, the …

A Dialed Approach Unconventional backcountry wisdom By Steve Christie It’s early October as I write this, and in the last two weeks there have been five skiers and boarders killed in avalanches in …

The Rundown The first round-trip run from Bellingham Bay to Mt. Baker's summit By Dan Probst Editor’s note: On August 1, Daniel Probst, Beat Jagerlehner and Aaron Poh set out from Cornwall beach on …

Alpine training Q&A with Steve House and Scott Johnston, authors of Training for the New Alpinism By Ian Ferguson Photo by Steve House Climbing big mountains requires a unique blend of physical …

A rope in the darkness Adventures with North Shore Rescue By Jane Seyd It was about a week before Christmas 2012 and snowing heavily in the North Shore mountains when snowboarder Sebastian Boucher …

By Jason Martin Photos by Radka Chapin As the summer comes to a close in the Northwest, people start to think about winter. For most of us, autumn is the season when we do the least amount of …

A worldwide treasure hunt Searching for geocaches By Steve Guntli It’s close now. My GPS readout is telling me it’s within 20 feet of where I’m standing. Maybe it’s shrouded by the tall grass …

The big run Bay to Baker...and back? By Ian Ferguson. Top photo by Eric Parker. Last August, Daniel Probst ran from Bellingham Bay to the summit of Mt. Baker, a distance of 54 miles and an elevation …

Blanchard Mountain Paragliding By Brad Andrew As children we all dreamed of being able to fly. We imagined that somehow we would walk to the edge of a cliff, pause momentarily to take in the view and …

Get Lost in the Kulshan Quest By Ian Ferguson This summer, a new race is coming to Bellingham with a course that will be a carefully guarded secret until race day. Half an hour before the starting …

High Seas Sailing on the tall ships of yore By Sue Madsen The Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain When I arrived in Bellingham in the late 1990s as a landlubber from Montana, I was fascinated with …

Traversing the American Alps A photographer's account By Jason Hummel In June 2013, photographer/backcountry skier Jason Hummel and professional splitboarder Kyle Miller hiked and skied the Cascade …

Eight-thousand acres of potential The seventh-largest locally-managed park in the country just came into being in Bellingham's backyard. By Ian Ferguson Photos courtesy of Cascade Mountain Runners …

Spring into something hot There is a feeling of discovery in coming around a bend in the trail and seeing wisps of steam rising from still, dark pools, and something primal about slipping into a …

At home in the snow How to build a snowcave By Ian Ferguson Whether you want to claim first tracks at the resort the next day or stay warm on an extended camping trip, building a snow cave can help …

Huntoon Point snowshoe Wednesday, December 19, 2013 Courtesy of Mount Baker Club An even dozen gathered at Maple Falls to decide where to go today. There was promise of sunshine with …

Skijoring By Sue Madsen Photo by Brett Baunton Skijoring refers to the sport of running dogs (or horses) ahead of a musher on skis. The skier skis, assisting with poles, and the dog(s) pull. Simple? …