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
What do you do if you are a young midwestern college graduate with a degree in geology and a yearning for adventure, wilderness and outdoor work in …
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We are thrilled with The Seattle Times‘ story on Mountain School, the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center and the Institute’s 30 years of environmental education in the …
Read More of North Cascades Institute in The Seattle Times: "Mountain School makes the magic of the wilderness real for kids"
By Nika Meyers, Youth Leadership Adventures Field Instructor Our journey into the wild started with an incredible boat ride on the Mule boat on Ross Lake to …
Read More of Backpacking Beavers in the North Cascades : Youth Leadership Adventures Trip Report #1
by Katie Griffith, Americorps VISTA, Youth Programs Outreach Specialist, North Cascades National Park/North Cascades Institute Mist shrouded Diablo Lake’s surrounding peaks as Concrete and Darrington’s school buses …
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