MBE Summer 2017
Chill Out in Chilliwack – A weekend guide
Story and photos By Brandon Fralic
Not every outdoor adventure needs to be hardcore. This spring, between backcountry skiing in winter and summer’s high alpine...
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...
Koma Kulshan car camping guide
Story and photos By Patrick Beggan
For an easy night under the stars, it’s hard to beat car camping. Though Whatcom County doesn’t have a...
How to: Choosing footwear for climbing in the mountains
By Jason D. Martin
The Cascades are a wildly diverse mountain range. We have glaciers and snowfields, we have talus and boulders, we have water...
Getting Started With Spring Foraging
By Amy Gibson
As winter winds down, green life emerges in the forest once again. You may notice foragers off-trail, filling baskets with robust leaves,...
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...
Ode to Randy Hook: Remembering a Mt. Baker legend
By Maya Hunger
On January 1, the Mt. Baker Ski Area quietly greeted the new year. It was a calm and clear morning and the...
A Different Kind of Hardcore: A quest to ride every day...
By Oliver Lazenby
One day in 2013, a soaking wet Albert Arth stood on the shoulder of Highway 542 with his thumb out for three...
