Hiking
Going Alone: Backcountry Safety & Solitude
When camping and hiking alone in the backcountry, be fully prepared and ready to experience a uniquely wonderful solo adventure.
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The Harvey Manning Peak Challenge
Over the July 4 weekend, ultra runners Ras Vaughan and Seth Wolpin became the first people to complete the Harvey Manning Peak Challenge, a route ...
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WTA Welcomes a New Executive Director
Earlier this year, the Washington Trails Association (WTA), the state’s hiking trail advocacy and maintenance organization, hired Jill Simmons to be the new Executive Director. ...
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Sherlock Peak, Colville National Forest
With expansive views of the Selkirks and a wildflower-lined trail, northeast Washington’s Sherlock Peak is an ideal August hike. While Abercrombie, its taller neighbor, receives ...
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Where the Blacktop Ends
One extra-long Labor Day weekend, my brother Scott and I unexpectedly drove nearly 1,000 miles in three days, hiking, camping, and wandering at will across ...
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Wine, Wheels, and Wanderlust: Exploring British Columbia’s Lake Country
“Discovering” a new place so close to home that you immediately love is an uncommon delight when you’ve lived in the same place your whole ...
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Mission Mountain Lake Hikes
The Mission Mountains make a familiar sight to travelers between Missoula and Flathead Lake, their serrated, snow-draped peaks, crowned by 9,280-foot McDonald Peak and its dozen or so neighbors in the ...
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Thunder Creek Loop, Colville National Forest
Reap the benefits of recent trail improvements (with more to come later this summer) on this long loop hike into the Salmo Priest Wilderness. Enter ...
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Weekend Camping: Mount Rainier National Park
With over 260 miles of hiking trails, Mount Rainier National Park offers campers plenty of ways to keep active. Mount Rainier has five main campgrounds ...
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