Mountaineering
Graphite, Granite & Gravel: Art and pedaling around the west
Story, art and photos by Gretchen Leggitt
I recall the exact moment, swimming in a sea of merriment at Aslan Brewing’s one-year anniversary party, when my...
Wanna Party? A hut trip on British Columbia’s Bow-Yoho Traverse
Story and photos by Jason Griffith
We’d been slogging for hours out of the Little Yoho Valley after finding the Stanley Mitchell Hut full. Darkness...
Meal Prep and Pocket Bacon: Eat well in the backcountry this...
By Mike McCartan
The smoke near Winthrop was unbearable and the fire rained ash on our vehicles overnight; we swept it off the windshield just...
Crevasses and Angry Dogs: A bicycle-powered Mt. Baker ski descent
Story and photos by Peter Lillesve
Dogs chased me down the dark highway – fast ones, loud ones, all unleashed and unfenced. Of the many...
Parting Shot: Jason Hummel’s glacier project
To me, the unknown is uncovering for yourself what’s new and exciting. It’s both walking in the footprints of others and creating your own...
Seven days of alpine adventure through the heart of the North...
Story and photos by Jason Griffith
It’s hard to find a place in the lower 48 as wild as the tangled valleys at the head...
Mountain Technology: A guide’s take on what to use
By Jason D. Martin
Historically, in order to escape from daily life and technology, one could go to the mountains. Now, with technology all around...
Separated on the Glacier: Reflecting on a mountain mishap
A few turns off the summit, the author stopped to wait for his partner. The pair never found out what went wrong.
By Ben Whitney
A knot...
Skiing in the path of a proposed pipeline in B.C.
Reflecting on a recovering but endangered landscape while following grizzly tracks up a remote peak
By Michelle Tanz
My skis glided on the consolidated spring snowpack....
