Following our winter break, the North Cascades Institute graduate students were stuck downriver by mudslides, avalanches and washouts. When the roads were cleared, we had one day …
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Anyone that has spent much time at the ELC has seen, or at least heard stories, of the waterfall. Every Mountain School student secretly hopes to visit …
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Are you feeling anxiety here in the early days of 2009? It feels like every day brings a mixed bag of news — there is no shortage …
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Wolf pups, from one of Conservation Northwest’s remote cameras. Daylight Saving Time has sent the sun to bed early. I step out of my cabin to walk …
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Did you read the great story about the Institute and Learning Center on the cover of last week’s “Northwest Weekends” section of the Seattle Times? Reporter Tan …
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Last week I asked my fifth grade Mountain School students how they would describe the color of a Vine maple leaf. This is not a question I …
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Top photo: What remains of the Stilleto lookout. I like being outside; backpacking, climbing, exploring. Its kind of what I do. My Mom might say that I …
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……they grow on everything. They come in all colors, shapes, textures and sizes; orange, yellow, brown, spotted, purple, red, smooth, white, black, shaggy, cupped, and fringed. Every …
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The first days of October and already there are amazing leaves and even snow! A friend of mine, driving cross-country, stopped in to visit me at my …
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It seemed almost obligatory that my first hike upon moving to the foot of Sourdough Mountain would be to the summit.So Aneka and I made the short …
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