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Kiteboarders Darcie Gray and BRittany Grangers enjoying a windy day in Bellingham Bay.

Riding the winds and waves

Bellingham Bay is where adrenaline and artistry collide. With steady winds, sweeping views of the San Juans, and a tight-knit crew of locals who dance across the waves, this is ground zero for the …

Glacier Peak: Summit to Sea

A longer version of this story was originally published on Jason Humme's blog at jasonhummelphotography.com When I decided to ski across Mt Baker and pack raft to the Salish Sea in 2023, I …
The idea of walking across an entire country – crossing from one coast to the other – was a magnet to me, pulling me to read Alfred Wainwright’s guidebook, A Walk Across England . …
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For spring break, we set out in search of sun. A direct flight from Bellingham to Palm Springs was a ticket to sunny skies and hot desert weather. While playing in the pool, nighttime miniature golf, …
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The 2025 Ski to Sea brought in athletes from around Washington, the Pacific Northwest, and the globe to experience the iconic multisport relay that spans 93 miles from the snowy slopes of Mt. Baker …
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Video of the Week: Waiting for Winter

Some Mount Baker locals teamed up with The Ski Journal for this fun video about the beginning of this ski season. Micah Evangelista, Sophia Rouches, Kelson Callahan and Jake Little, ripping as usual. …

Video of the Week: Mt. Baker Ultra Marathon

The first ever Mt. Baker Ultra Marathon went off last weekend, and nearly every racer made it from the town of Concrete to the top of Sherman Peak and back. Race director Dan Probst has been working …

Video of the Week: Below the Trees by Port Side Productions

Port Side Productions is a Bellingham-based video production company. Here's its latest video from local trails. https://youtu.be/wf0d330y3lA  
Winter sports
Snowboarding
While you can participate almost anytime there's snow on the ground, cross-country skiing in the spring is one of nature's true delights.

Spring Into Action

Thousands of downhill skiers descend on the mountain like revelers at spring break, intent on getting to where the action is. Queuing up for a seat on lifts that will ferry them to the top, …

Winter 2024/25 Gallery

MBE Winter 2024/25 Publisher's Note: Speaking atmospherically (which is not a word for some reason), November was pretty interesting. We had a Super Beaver Moon, the last Supermoon of 2024 which …

Winter 2024/25 Newsroom

Mount Baker Experience wins multiple WNPA awards Mount Baker Experience took home five awards, including four first place awards, at the 2024 Washington Newspaper Publishers Association (WNPA) …
Skiing

The Trott’s Scavenger Inn of Mt. Baker Ski Area

In the northwest corner of the Mt. Baker Ski area back parking lot, there once lived a creature named Scavenger Inn whose belly and wings morphed and expanded according to its owners’ wishes. …

Aurora Borealis Photography for Dummies

During the late 1900s, as Gen Z calls it, aurora borealis sightings at the 48th parallel were a rare, almost mythical event. But thanks to advances in cellphone cameras and the internet’s …

Dogsledding Alaska

I’m sailing along on a silver sea of snow. Prisms of winter sun bounce off ivory birch bark and overnight hoarfrost like carnival lights. The air is as still as ice. Spruce and pine spice …
Snowshoeing

Nooksack Nordic Ski Club

Nooksack Nordic Ski Club has been organizing like-minded skiers to get out on groomed trails around its namesake river since the 1990s. What started as a small group of dedicated winter recreationists has slowly grown into a yearly institution in the Mt. Baker foothills.

Guided Exposure

You wouldn’t know it from the humble shop on the side of Mt. Baker Highway in Glacier, but Guided Exposure is one of the newer kids on the block when it comes to serving mountain lovers in …

In Search of the ‘Happy Bivalve’

It took two trips to haul everything down to the beach: buckets, burlap sacks, a rake, a gas lantern and – of course – a couple cold beers. This happened in the middle of the night, the …
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Adventures
An inside joke developed between my wife Daphne and I on our honeymoon. Whenever things got a little difficult, like when we were biking up our fourth steep hill in a row breathing fumes from the adjacent landfill in the pouring rain, we’d look at each other and sing out “Honeymoon!”

Honeymoon!

An inside joke developed between my wife Daphne and I on our honeymoon. Whenever things got a little difficult, like when we were biking up our fourth steep hill in a row breathing fumes from the …

Bridge Over Troubled Water

To the typical traveler, the words “Deception Pass” bring to mind a towering steel bridge with commanding views of Puget Sound, but there is much more to be discovered. That bridge is …
Photography
"All Humans Outside: Stories of Belonging in Nature" by photographer Tommy Corey is available on May 1, 2025 from Mountaineers Books

Spring 2025 Book Reviews

All Humans Outside: Stories of Belonging in Nature Tommy Corey (Photographer) Mountaineers Books, May 1, 2025 When Tommy Corey hiked the Pacific Crest Trail from Mexico to Canada in …

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Local film to be chosen for 5Point Film Festival

The 5point Film Festival's "On the Road" tour is coming to Depot Market Square in Bellingham. The outdoor screening will feature the year's best adventure sports cinematography and storytelling, and …

Culture
Spending a day focused on sound brought attention to just how rare it is to find a truly quiet place.

Finding Sound

As the world gets louder, quiet places become scarce. Humans now seek out these places to find solitude in the quiet, but are they truly quiet? From the rustling of leaves and the creaking of trees …

Barmann Cellars: an oasis in the Mt. Baker foothills

Zooming up Mt. Baker Highway for an early bird ski lift, blink and you might miss Barmann Cellars Tasting Room on the corner of Silver Lake Road and Highway 542 in Maple Falls. The 16-acre …

Ski to Sea 2025 opens registration, Whatcom Events announces new race director

Ski to Sea 2025 is set for Sunday, May 25, and race organizer Whatcom Events announced that registration is officially open. Teams who register before Friday, January 21 will receive a $50 …
 

Flying Sideways

I can still remember, or perhaps more accurately, feel what it’s like to fly from a few intense dreams over my life. The vivid dream of falling and floundering about, out of control with a …

Hiking Ireland

Lindsey and I awoke on a misty morning in Ireland, ready to stretch our legs. We had scheduled an extended layover on our trip home from Italy, allowing for a night’s stay in the little town of …
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