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Great Reads

BUY LOCAL. Support your local bookseller.   Mountain Travel & Rescue by National Ski Patrol Written by experts, this manual is designed to help snowsport enthusiasts succeed in...

Vanishing Ice

For centuries, artists have tried to capture the elusive beauty of ice – blue-green translucence, whimsical melted forms, transformative immensity. Whatcom Museum's latest exhibition is the largest ever collection of these works in one place.

Book reviews, summer 2012

Check out these fantastic books on kayaking, cycling and organic farming.

Northwest Tune-Up: On for next year, with changes and first year...

Story and photos by Ian Haupt Organizing an inaugural event in any year is difficult. Building connections with sponsors, vendors, volunteers, the community, the city...

Book reviews

reviews by Meg Olson Cascadia Field Guide: Art, Ecology, Poetry Edited by Elizabeth Bradfield, CMarie Fuhrman and Derek Sheffield Mountaineers Books My great-grandfather told my mother that it...

Mt. Baker Art Gallery

Local foothills artists now have a permanent space in which to showcase their work. The Mt. Baker Art Gallery, inside of the Mt. Baker...

Mount Baker Experience magazine and contributors win awards

Mount Baker Experience and its contributors won awards at Washington Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspaper Contest for special section covers and stories. Mount Baker Experience...

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...

Book reviews

Winter reading materials for around the fireplace and other adventures By Meg Olson A Field Companion for Wandering Written and Compiled by Conner Bouchard-Roberts Winter Texts “Read this book...

Who tames the Khumbu Icefall, and other mountain trivia

This is the third installment of Mount Baker Experience Mountain Trivia. Find the answers at the bottom of this page. By Jason D. Martin 1 The...