Seeing grizzly bear tracks in the snow on the trail always heightens my awareness, especially relatively fresh tracks where the claw marks can still be…
While winter is great time to plan for summer hikes, camping trips or hunting trips, don’t forego exploring the outdoors in winter because of the…
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Chug-a-chug-a-choo-choo. The train began to roll out of the Ione, Washington station on a beautiful October day on a short trip to Metaline Falls. Through…
“Where am I?” “How high am I?” These questions are easy to answer today with a GPS. People have always wondered where in the world…
Four miles and 52 leg-burning switchbacks to reach the trail junction below the ridge. A few more switchbacks through the transitioning forest and I’d be…
Located downriver about six miles from Bettles is Old Bettles—orginally called Bettles until the new Bettles was built and after that it was referred to as Old…
After waiting all winter for spring skiing in Alaska, we skied 40 miles in the White Mountains over two days. On Sunday we skied into…
“Look, a goat!” Ryan excitedly said as he pointed at the nearby cliff with its ledges cloaked in snow. After a few seconds I detected…
What better way to finish the year than being outside in the mountains. We decided to end the year with a snowshoe hike towards the…
Goal accomplished. We skied to West Fork Cabin and stayed overnight. This has been on my wish list for the last several years and it…
After the majority of the snow melted in the valley this week due to temperatures in the 40’s, we decided to head to the mountains…
We awoke to sunny skies and decided to hike/hunt the Fisher Peak trail. The weather decided to change and slowly socked in the mountains as…