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Lessons on a Ledge at Mount Olympus  

By Ammi Midstokke Cover photo courtesy Ammi Midstokke  Not everyone feels the same about risk. It’s a subjective assessment, nuanced by things like how many ...
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In Search of Darkness 

By Ammi Midstokke  I don’t know when I stopped paying attention to the night sky. Maybe smoke season and crisp autumn blues have me swinging ...
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Running in Your 40s (and Beyond) 

As a runner in my 40s, I certainly feel different than I did as a runner in my 20s, from being more wiped out the ...
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The Douglas Fir  

Cover photo courtesy Shallan Knowles By Adam Gebauer   Perhaps no other tree represents the Pacific Northwest more than the Douglas Fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii, not to ...
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Riding the Urban Winter Wilds 

Cover photo courtesy Justin Short By Justin Short   I lived on the west side for 13 years—and by “west side,” I mean the green and ...
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Survival Sisterhood 

Cover photo courtesy Bri Loveall By Karie Lee Knoke  During a recent course at Sacred Cedars Wilderness School, called Survival Sisterhood, I dove in deep ...
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Find Your Flow  

Cover photo courtesy Lisa Laughlin When my friend climbed into the fridge and shut the door, my instincts told me not to follow him. But ...
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Hike of the Month: Indian Creek Community Forest 

(Pend Oreille County, Wash.)  Cover photo courtesy of Holly Weiler Indian Creek Community Forest boasts a relatively new trail system that is perfect for the ...
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