MBE Articles
Former Mt. Baker Ski Area employee and Deming native publishes extreme...
Elea Plotkin, who grew up in Van Zandt, graduated from Mount Baker High School and whose parents owned the Everybody’s Store, published her debut...
Forest bathing
Visiting our tall, quiet friends along the north Pacific
By Eric Lucas
Treebeard has nothing to say.
Typical Ent.
Tolkien would be delighted. The British author’s famous anthropomorphic...
One Sherpa home
Bellingham climber raises funds to build new home for his Sherpa following Nepal earthquake
By Ian Haupt
Dave Mauro and his hired guide Mingma Chhring Sherpa...
Return to Roatán
By Pat Grubb
In the last 18 months, I’ve had the good fortune to visit and scuba dive on three separate occasions in Roatán, located...
35th Legendary Banked Slalom results
Banked slalom returns to Mt. Baker Ski Area in 2023
Story and photos by Ian Haupt
Mt. Baker Ski Area's Legendary Banked Slalom returned for its...
South Lake Tahoe pro skier killed in avalanche in Japan on...
By Ian Haupt
U.S. freestyle skiing gold medalist Kyle Smaine died in an avalanche while backcountry skiing in Japan January 29. He was 31.
Smaine was...
Washington trail map app provides real-time recreation updates
The TREAD Map app provides alerts and real-time updates for outdoor enthusiasts to avoid crowds and trail impediments.
The app incorporates Washington’s trail systems, waterways,...
Snowboarder dies in deep snow immersion at Mt. Baker Ski Area
A Bellingham man died while snowboarding at Mt. Baker Ski Area December 10 in a deep snow immersion incident.
Whatcom County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Deb...
Traversing Washington’s peaks
Jason Hummel skis from the Columbia River to U.S./Canada border over more than a decade
By Jason Hummel
Across the years and plains of those days...