Coming Back from Backcountry Trauma
How Kayla Haas recovered from her family’s traumatic experience while hiking Bridger Ridge in Bozeman, Montana.
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Backcountry Cooking in 10 Minutes
Dorcas Miller’s book “Backcountry Cooking: From Pack to Plate in 10 Minutes” doesn’t have full-page, mouth-watering food photos, but it does have an immense amount of practical, vetted, and diverse information, wisdom, and recipes for all backcountry adventurers. In the Introduction, Miller asks a question that sets the foundation for the entire book: “What kind
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Aperitif: Eating Well in the Backcountry
When I was seventeen, I signed up for a 5-day backpacking trip into the wilds of the Colorado Rockies. The first day out, the guides passed around baggies of “gorp”, an energy-inducing homemade trail mix. By mid-afternoon, we started to feel the weight of our packs and the emptiness in our bellies, but our guides
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Navigating the Backcountry with Kids
Beaver fever, iodine tablets, “Cathole” digging, bear-proof containers—these are just a few aspects of backcountry adventuring, where you can enjoy exceptional landscape beauty and natural serenity with your children. To better understand how to start planning, here are some ideas and recommendations. Begin with a “backcountry lite” experience, or seeking out enough primitive wilderness without
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Hike of the Month: Mud Lake Loop (Lolo National Forest)
Clearwater Crossing is one of the best starting locations for a variety of trips into the proposed Great Burn Wilderness. Located just over the Montana border, several of the trails connect to one another and can be combined to form loop trips of varying distances. For one of the less-frequently traveled routes, try the Mud
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Mountain Gear hosts 35th Anniversary Sale
Over three decades ago, long before one of the popular outdoor gear brands we wear and use today even existed, Spokane resident Paul Fish designed a better backpack, and soon he was making them by hand out of his living room. It wasn’t long before he opened his own outdoor gear shop, Mountain Gear, to
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Hiking and Fishing Washington’s High Country
I consider myself both a backpacker and a fisherman, but if I’m honest with myself I have to admit that I’m not a die-hard proponent of either pastime. It isn’t often that I have backpacked without some other goal or motivation in mind and, if the fishing isn’t good, my enthusiasm wanes quickly, and I
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Inland NW Lake Guide 2018
Whenever we relax and play at a lake, we connect to nature and that place where deep memories were made. Whether a lake park or remote, wild setting, our region provides abundant opportunities for those connections—for every recreation style and water sport. Maybe you’re looking for new places to launch your kayak or ski boat,
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What to Know Before Going on a Night Hike
A night is the perfect solution for long summer days, when extreme heat can take its toll on a hiker’s willingness to get outside and play.
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Fitletic Blitz Running Belt
The Blitz is a low-profile running/fitness belt made to hold essential dry goods in a water-resistant, non-bounce pouch. Its most common use is likely as a running belt, but I rode with one strapped to my waist for 130-miles bouncing along on rough mountain bike trails and mostly forgot it was there until I needed
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