Adventure
Race to Alaska: Port Townsend to Ketchikan by sea, sans motor
Story by Patrick Grubb
What kind of boat race makes you leave your engine back home, is tougher than the Iditarod and warns you about...
Paddling the San Juans
By Eric Lucas
At first glance the eagle nearby looks like it is perched on the water.
It’s an illusion, of course – eagles don’t perch...
Photographers sharing the stoke
"It's my dad to whom I owe my passion for the outdoors, the privilege of learning to ski at a young age, and really...
Who tames the Khumbu Icefall, and other mountain trivia
This is the third installment of Mount Baker Experience Mountain Trivia. Find the answers at the bottom of this page.
By Jason D. Martin
1 The...
Weekend Warrior(ing): Finding balance and crossing the line
Story and photo by David Gladish
We left Seattle after work at 5 p.m. on a Friday in February, eager to find ice that was...
Close Call in the Canadian Rockies
The Stanley Mitchell Hut is the gem of the Alpine Club of Canada’s hut system. But dangers lurk in a complicated and unfamiliar snowpack.
Story...
Following Footsteps: Climbing Rainier in gear from a famous 1963 expedition
By Andrew Waite
About halfway across the Cowlitz Glacier, one of my crampons fell off for the first time.
It loosened again on Cathedral Gap and...
San Juans in a 16-foot outboard boat: an exotic island trip...
By Jason Griffith
Nosing our way to the beach on Clark Island, I focused on the water, looking for rocks and trying to pick a...
