MBE Summer 2017
Herbal and healing tea from foraged plants
By Amy Gibson
For many, summer is a time to relax, slow down, and enjoy the warm season of our lives. One way I’ve found...
The Trailblazing Packable Tool
Locally made Trail Boss sells worldwide
By Oliver Lazenby
In February 2017, Bellingham resident Bill Hasenjaeger attended an outdoor expo where he walked into a talk...
Mountain Trivia
How well do you know the North Cascades?
By Jason D. Martin
The Pacific Northwest loves trivia. There’s no question about it. In cities throughout the...
20 Years Later: Accident survivor thanks late ski patroller Randy Hook
By Oliver Lazenby
Longtime Mt. Baker Ski Area patroller Randy Hook undoubtedly altered many lives before he died of a heart attack on the slopes...
New access for the Nooksack?
By Wendy McDermott
American Rivers director for Rivers of Puget Sound and Columbia Basin
The Nooksack River is one of the only rivers in Washington that...
There and Back: Running across the Grand Canyon twice in a...
Story and photos By Amelia Bethke
6 a.m., November 18
South Kaibab Trailhead, 7,260 feet
From the dark, a frigid wind clawed at my legs, my spandex...
All the trails: Riding all the mountain bike trails in Bellingham...
By Spencer Paxson
On a dim and drizzly Sunday afternoon I lugged my bike up the steep hill to my house after a long ride....
Postcards: Greetings from a slow car (but fast house)
By Nick Belcaster and Evan Skoczenski
If you parked in the Heather Meadows lot of Mt. Baker this winter you may have picked out a...
Happy, Healthy Far-Out trails on BC’s Sunshine Coast hut system
Story and photos By Brandon Fralic
Jesse shifts the Yukon into park and says, “Hold on, I think this might be the Hill of Death.”...
Neck stretches, an antidote to the asymmetry of snowboarding
By Luca Williams
Do you remember your first days learning to snowboard? I started with farm boots and my boyfriend’s 161-centimeter snowboard (did I mention...
