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Adams River sockeye run

Travel 4 hours to a once every 4 years phenomenon By Eric Lucas I call it the real riverdance. Four million gorgeous natural acrobats, a six-mile performance...

Clear weather, dark skies

Stargazing the Baker way By Ian Haupt On a clear night in North Cascades National Park, one can see nearly 3,000 stars, according to park service...

Fish that don’t belong

The holdout Arctic grayling of the North Cascades Story and photos by Nick Belcaster This is a story about a fish that shouldn’t be here. Maybe the...

New Bellingham guiding collective ready for upcoming season

By Ian Haupt Cascade Mountain Ascents (CMA) is a new-ish, worker-owned mountain guiding collective based in Bellingham. All previous workers of multiple guiding companies, Mike Elges,...

The Old Lady of Mount Baker

By Ian Haupt The Mount Baker Lodge opened to guests in 1927. Near the front entrance of the lodge was a fountain with spring water piped...

Family hikes in Canada’s North Cascades

By Stephen Hui Gorgeous scenery abounds in the North Cascades on both sides of the border. However, some epic trails may be a tad ambitious...

Mountain bike first aid with Backcountry Medical Guides

Story and photos by Nick Belcaster So who here is part of the busted collar bone club? Up go more hands than I expected. Certainly more...

Cannabis Q&A

Benefits and recommendations for using cannabis outdoors By Ian Haupt Going into the summer hiking season, we asked budtenders from Blaine area dispensaries Birch Bay Budz,...

Ski Alaska

Exploring the Great Land of the White Story by Eric Lucas It’s a long way down from the top of Alyeska Ski Resort. In fact, when...

Firecraft Northwest

A one-person outdoor education program Story by Ian Haupt Rubbing two sticks together. Put so simply, it sounds trivial. Yet it was necessary for all that’s...