The Skagit River sustains us humans in many ways, from providing drinking water to irrigating crops to hosting fisheries. Of course, the basin is also home to …
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Catching up with Jack Kerouac, who served as a fire lookout atop Desolation Peak in the North Cascades 60 years ago this summer. In this passage from …
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Sixty years ago this month, Jack Kerouac left Northern California for the Skagit Valley and North Cascades to begin his summer as a fire lookout atop Desolation …
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“August on Sourdough, A Visit from Dick Brewer” Poem by Gary Snyder from The Back Country; a reading by Rob Rich You hitched a thousand miles north …
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“Night, Sourdough Mountain Lookout” Poem by Tim McNulty; a reading with Rob Rich A late-summer sun threads the needles of McMillan Spires and disappears in a reef of …
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North Cascade Institute’s graduate Cohort 13 recently hosted our annual Instructor Exchange with other students and teachers from IslandWood and the Wilderness Awareness School. As part of …
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