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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...

Daring and dangerous

The migration of birds By Ben Stalheim As a kid, I would look for birds by running trails behind my house. Before I ever owned binoculars,...

Wild Patagonia

Environmental attorney and photographer Anthony Garvin was so taken by his experiences traveling in Patagonia in 2012 and 2022 that he decided he...

Living large with Little Ry

By Luca Williams “Remember the past. Think of the future. Live in the now.”  — Ryan Brooks When you are the smallest kid in junior high...

Earning Your Turns

The Revitalized Cascade Backcountry Alliance Story and photos by Nick Belcaster The secret’s out, folks. Or has been out. Or was never a secret in the...

Ski to Sea celebrates 50 years

The 7-leg relay race hopes to have all 50 states represented By Ian Haupt Ski to Sea will celebrate its 50th birthday this year on Memorial...

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...

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...