A rope in the darkness Adventures with North Shore Rescue By Jane Seyd It was about a week before Christmas 2012 and snowing heavily in the North Shore mountains when snowboarder Sebastian Boucher …

By Jason Martin Photos by Radka Chapin As the summer comes to a close in the Northwest, people start to think about winter. For most of us, autumn is the season when we do the least amount of …

  Celebrate Bellingham Beer Week By Aubrey Laurence There’s nothing like ending a long hike on a crisp fall day with a good beer. For 10 days in September, you can raise pints of the tastiest …

North country wines By Sue Madsen Fine wines from east of the Cascades in Oregon and Washington have put the Northwest on the map as a favored grape growing region. The high desert conditions of the …

Wolves in Washington Lessons from the Yellowstone Wolf Project By Ilona Popper In 2008, I watched three wolves kill a bull elk in Yellowstone National Park. It was the first time I’d looked up …

Pedaling the coast By Carly Hubbard It’s mid-October, late evening, and the autumn rain has begun. Snuggled into a 15-degree sleeping bag, the patter against our four-season tent soothes me and …

Color hunting Three fall hikes By Aubrey Laurence As the days become shorter and temperatures become cooler, biochemical processes begin to work their magic, transforming shades of green to a wide …

A worldwide treasure hunt Searching for geocaches By Steve Guntli It’s close now. My GPS readout is telling me it’s within 20 feet of where I’m standing. Maybe it’s shrouded by the tall grass …

Rafting the Nooksack By Ian Ferguson A whitewater rafting trip, aside from its obvious thrill, is a chance to immerse yourself in a wild environment. Our publishers Pat Grubb and Louise Mugar treated …

Artist Point now open The Washington State Department of Transportation has done it again! For the second straight year, crews have cleared the Mt. Baker Highway all the way to its terminus at Artist …

Vancouver Velo Invasion As I write, thousands of road bikers are cycling from Vancouver to Seattle in the Ride to Conquer Cancer. A steady stream of riders has been passing by outside my window all …

Paddlesport rentals at Lake Padden Lake Padden is a tranquil body of water nestled in the wooded hills above Bellingham. It's a great place to fish or picnic, and the trails around it are perfect for …

Tasting notes Bellingham's new breweries By Aubrey Laurence It’s a great time to be a craft beer lover in Bellingham, as this city continues to spawn new breweries. If you haven’t had a chance to …

The big run Bay to Baker...and back? By Ian Ferguson. Top photo by Eric Parker. Last August, Daniel Probst ran from Bellingham Bay to the summit of Mt. Baker, a distance of 54 miles and an elevation …

Coasting with the currents A kayaking adventure on the Salish Sea By Todd Elsworth. Top photo by Paul Conrad. Destination: Clark Island. It’s a well-known marine state park that sits off the …

Blanchard Mountain Paragliding By Brad Andrew As children we all dreamed of being able to fly. We imagined that somehow we would walk to the edge of a cliff, pause momentarily to take in the view and …

The Natural Connection Food/people/ecosystem in North Cascades Institute's Foodshed Initiative By Ian Ferguson Just as Buddhists seek enlightenment at ancient monasteries high in the Himalayas, …

Komo Kulshan Honoring the mountains we call home By John Minier As I write these words, a dramatic tragedy is unfolding on Mt. Everest. On April 18, a deadly avalanche swept through the Khumbu …