The energy of our youth programs is shifting to Youth Leadership Adventures as staff are preparing to lead 100 high school students in the North Cascades backcountry to …
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by Lauren Ridder, M.Ed. Graduate Student There are only a couple of things that can stop me in my tracks. When clouds part to reveal a night sky …
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by Chelsea Ernst, M.Ed. Graduate Student The west side of the North Cascades is experiencing a fairly warm winter, sending the snow line higher than usual for this …
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By Hannah Hickey, University of Washington News and Information In a country that boasts an awe-inspiring system of national parks, the Pacific Northwest may be especially lucky. But even …
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By Tyler Chisolm, Graduate M.Ed. Student, Cohort 13 Time flies when you’re having fun… and learning? The Concrete Summer Learning Adventure (CSLA), which wrapped up on August …
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By Emily Petrovski On a non-surprisingly gorgeous North Cascades day, donors and North Cascades Institute staff ventured out onto Ross Lake to visit Youth Leadership Adventures (YLA) …
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Ed. note: The days are getting longer, at least for another week or so. Here is a piece from a former graduate student to inspire you to …
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By Kaci Darsow By one thirty in the morning, my beer was empty, my hands were numb and the dimly lit but distinctively red moon was sinking …
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By Kimberly Hall March 28th, 2014 10:38 am Somewhere in South Seattle We n’de ya ho We n’de ya ho Win de yah Win de yah ho …
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In the wintertime interim between teaching Mountain School in the fall and teaching Mountain School in the spring, graduate students in the North Cascades Institute Masters in …
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