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Washington trail map app provides real-time recreation updates

The TREAD Map app provides alerts and real-time updates for outdoor enthusiasts to avoid crowds and trail impediments. The app incorporates Washington’s trail systems, waterways,...

Traversing Washington’s peaks

Jason Hummel skis from the Columbia River to U.S./Canada border over more than a decade By Jason Hummel Across the years and plains of those days...

Evolution of backcountry communication

By Jason D. Martin In the old days if there was an accident in the backcountry, the general thinking was that you would send a...

Jeremy Jones: Shralpinism

Review by Meg Olson The Art of Shralpinism: Lessons from the Mountains Jeremy Jones Mountaineers Books In “The Art of Shralpinism: Lessons from the Mounatins,” legendary snowboarder and...

Freeskiing with the spirit of Elijah Lee

By Luca Williams As the snow falls, Elijah, or Eli, trudges up the hill with his skis, alongside the other first chair fanatics. It’s still...

360 Degrees

Hummel finishes The Circumnavigation Project on Mt. Baker Story and photos by Jason Hummel The knowledge of a mountain, the true understanding of where it is...

Tidepooling Tongue Point

By Ian Ferguson Pitch black, it was the middle of winter, late in the evening. The wind was howling — cold creeping through the cracks...

Sehome Hill Arboretum bouldering guide

Select Rock Climbing and Bouldering Guide Story and photos by Jason D. Martin Overlooking all of Bellingham, Sehome Hill Arboretum has long been a place for...

Winging it

New watersport will take you flying around Bellingham Bay By Tony Moceri If there is one thing that stays constant in our corner of the world,...

Adams River sockeye run

Travel 4 hours to a once every 4 years phenomenon By Eric Lucas I call it the real riverdance. Four million gorgeous natural acrobats, a six-mile performance...