Mountaineering
Mountain Trivia: Round Five
By Jason D. Martin
This article marks the fifth time that Mount Baker Experience has featured mountain trivia. I hear it all the time. When...
Washington Glacier Ski Project
By Jason Hummel
Some 20,000 years ago, glaciers ruled the planet. As the world warmed, the Cascades we know and love today were revealed. Yet...
Greater Ranges
A winter ascent in North Cascades National Park
Story and photos by Jason Griffith
The North Cascades are notoriously rugged. Even in summer, steep terrain...
Review: Mountaineering Books
Reviewed by Meg Olson
Written in the Snows: Across Time on Skis in the Pacific Northwest
Lowell Skoog
Mountaineers Books
As I was describing Lowell Skoog’s detail-rich chronicle...
Mountain Trivia: A great bouldering spot in the Chuckanuts, and what...
By Jason D. Martin
This article marks the fourth time that the Mount Baker Experience has featured mountain trivia. We have run this as an...
Review: Higher Love
By Meg Olson
Higher Love
Kit DesLauriers
Mountaineers Books
Kit DesLauriers has climbed the highest mountain on each of the world’s seven continents. Then skied from the summit....
Cirque of the Towers
Written as a beginner's guide to alpine climbing
Story and photos by Jason Griffith
When the summer of 2020 rolled around, let’s face it, we were...
The Miracle Route: An off-trail circumnavigation of Mt. Baker
Story and photos by Krissy Moehl
September 4, 2019
Janet starts to rock a bit and I let off the gas as the potholes deepen. Having...
After years of change Gear Aid is spreading its philosophy of...
By Oliver Lazenby
For people who use Gear Aid products, Pat Kennedy’s first experience with the company may sound familiar. The first time he wore...
Citizen scientists measuring snow in places scientists can’t
By Elizabeth Kimberly
With the onset of spring in the Cascades, the mountain snowpack begins its annual phase change: dense snow becomes cold, flowing water...