Summer's summit
What is a summit experience? For the 10th cohort of graduate students, in NCI’s residency program, the 9-day backpacking trip that culminated their first quarter of graduate …
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Road Trip: The Olympic Peninsula
As much as we love North Cascadian landscapes — and with over 7,000,000 acres of protected public lands in Washington and British Columbia, there will never be …
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A saunter up Stetattle Creek
Tell me about a path less traveled and I will take it. In the North Cascades National Park, there is such a plethora of paths to choose …
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Fall skiing on Marmot Ridge
Fresh snow on Mt. Baker, night time lows near 20 degrees in the mountains, and forecasts calling for snow below 3,000 feet; we had to go skiing.
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Blitzing Trapper
The morning of September 27th was one of those mornings that you wake up, look out the window and know instantly that there is nothing keepin’ you …
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Sharing the season on Sourdough
By now, the wind chill has reached the low 20s. A crisp, fall breeze pierces my cheeks and sinks deeply into my exposed fingertips. It is finally …
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A farewell to the North Cascades
For the last year I’ve called the North Cascades home. It was home because I was a graduate student with the North Cascades Institute and for one …
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A long weekend on Ross Lake
Backpacking in the North Cascades is great, but last weekend I wanted to do something different. I decided to try canoe camping. The Environmental Learning Center on …
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North Cascades Wild Recon trip
The NC Wild crew headed to Ross Lake early last week for a five day recon trip. The goals for the week were to transport food and …
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A day on the islands
Last week the Cohort 8 graduate students headed to the islands of Diablo Lake for class. The topic of the day: island biogeography, which is the study …
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