Mountain School Fall 2021 North Cascades Institute is excited to announce the return of Mountain School this Fall! After having missed the better part of three seasons …
Read More of Mountain School is back this Fall!
Walking Through the Forest by Mountain School Instructor Emily Schauble The second morning of Mountain School dawned to cloud blanketed skies and a nip of frost on …
Read More of Mountain School Reflections #3: Emily Schauble
All photography courtesy of Adam Bates, graduate student in the Institute’s 15th cohort. Youth have a unique skill in creating adventures out of anything. So even though …
Read More of Soaked with Knowledge: Kulshan Creek at Rasar State Park
Dear Mountain School, Thank you for the fun hikes and delicious food. I loved looking at pieces of the forest in the microscope lab. Sincerely, Student It …
Read More of Dear Mountain School,
For the past 25 years, the North Cascades Institute has been teaching students about their wild nearby through the Mountain School program. The program started back in …
Read More of Mountain School: Celebrating 25 Years and the end of the Fall Season
Columbia Elementary School was already told once they couldn’t come to Mountain School as planned. So they certainly weren’t going to let the biggest local snowstorm of …
Read More of Mountain School is ON!: Playing in the Snow, Compensating for the Government Shutdown
Middle school students from Lopez Middle School sit excitedly on the wooden benches of the amphitheater for Mountain School orientation. Mittens and gloves fly into the air …
Read More of New Tracks at the Environmental Learning Center: Winter Mountain School
