A wildfire in the North Cascades has forced the closure of the northern terminus of the Pacific Crest Trail and part of the Pacific Northwest Trail. As of Monday, the Ptarmigan fire had burned 10,841 acres in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest about 2... See more
Would you like your summertime outdoor concert served up with a side of alpine sunset and a meteor shower? Then mark your calendar for Crystal Mountain’s annual Summit Fest, which returns for its sixth edition Aug. 8. While music wafts in the warm months ... See more
Watch out, pickleball, there’s a new racket sport in town. Padel, pronounced “paddle,” has long been popular in the Spanish-speaking world. With elements of both tennis and squash, and a backstory with surprising parallels to Washington’s state sport, pad... See more
MOUNT HOOD, Ore. — Donning sunglasses at 7 a.m. threw me off the most. While the ski morning routine is a familiar jumble of predawn coffee and fumbling for gear in the dark, I found myself searching for my sunnies while buckling my boots at what would ha... See more
PALOUSE TO CASCADES TRAIL, 5 MILES EAST OF RATTLESNAKE LAKE — Like a scene out of “Train Dreams,” railroad workers toiled on the steep slopes of the Cascades foothills in the 1910s to carve a path for the iron horse out of an unforgiving landscape. They c... See more
