Recreation

A rare icy visit to a favorite summer spot

The patch of ice looked to me like orthopedic surgery. Or at least it provoked my imagination to…

Recreation

Elk hunt with no elk still turns up treasures

When my son Max realized that going elk hunting with me was unlikely to involve any actual elk,…

Recreation

Wilderness Wonders

Farel Baxter’s dad died almost a quarter century ago but even now there are moments, when he’s deep…

Recreation

New Take on Old Roads

The stump of the juvenile ponderosa pine nearly sent me sprawling, but I wasn’t particularly perturbed at barely…

Recreation

Michigan & Mountain Goats

Fischer Schluessler traveled most of the way across America to hunt mountain goats in Baker County. And that…

Recreation

Alpine wind reveals the changing of the seasons

The thermometer is the customary instrument for detecting the passage of one season to the next, but I’ve…

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Deer hunters bracing for wintry weather

Wes Morgan isn’t thrilled by the prospect of slogging through snow before the calendar flips from September to…

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Iconic, majestic: The elk

The elk: a great runner, an eater-upper of rough terrain, a beast that knits the Blue/Wallowa Mountain country…

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Uphill pedal pays off

The Herculean Camping Loop is a seven-day, 292-mile road cycling adventure through a wide range of ecosystems and…

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Peak perspectives

There is an advantage to hiking in conditions that approximate the inside of a refrigerator, only with wind…

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