Local History

  Update (January 8, 2018): Jeff Lemen is no longer affiliated with the Mt. Baker Snowboard Shop. Marcella and Bobbie Dobis own the Mt. Baker Snowboard...

Looking out at the Cascade Mountains to the east, the Olympics to the west, dense green forest below and blue skies above, Chris Weidner...

By Oliver Lazenby Thirty years ago, two climbing buddies who were worried about the future of a place they loved dreamed up a way to...

A place infused with an "underlying really good feeling." By Oliver Lazenby Megan and Noah Westgate are ready for you to know they own Rome Grocery. That...

Honoring the mountains we call home.

Touring the Skagit River Hydroelectric Project - three incredibale dams in the upper Skagit watershed - with Skagit Tours.

They’re open for free on a first-come, first-serve basis, and they sit on mountain peaks among some of the best skiing terrain in the Northwest.

THE CCC IN GLACIER Story by Janet Oakley Photos reproduced at the National Archives at Seattle The legacy of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Have you ever...

Glacial retreat Climate change and the future of skiing By Ian Ferguson The smell of a ski lodge triggers one of my earliest memories. You know the...

Mountain Runners By Jeremy Schwartz Like the original Mt. Baker Marathon runners they’re seeking to portray, the crew behind the docudrama “The Mountain Runners” has had...