A Rude Spire in the Sticks By Rick Just Last December, Rick penned an item in his “Speaking of Idaho” history blog that caught our attention. You’ll find out why at the end of his piece, an edited
No Way but Up Story and Photos by Ray Brooks My friend Mike Paine was not a patient man. In 1981, when Alpine Club climbers from Washington State University blocked access to the usual start up the Three
After Decades Away Story and Photos by F.A. Loomis When I was last a lookout on the Payette National Forest, Bruce Jenner won the decathlon at the Olympics. That was 1976. Now she’s Caitlyn Jenner. Times have changed.
Lost in the “Lost” Drainage Story and Photos by Mike Medberry I In 1995, Rocky Barker, a writer for the Idaho Statesman, and I were in the air over the French Creek Roadless Area north of McCall in
A Couple Follow Their Hearts to Dwell on a Remote Mountainside By Kitty Widner Photos courtesy of Floy and Jay Hester The lure of the backcountry can be as strong as the siren song. It inspired a young
Deep in the Mountains, a Family Mine By Robin McRae Photos Courtesy of Robin McRae Recently, the author provided an account of minerals prospecting by his family as part of a 2017 report compiled by Richard H. Holm,
It Can’t Be Far Now By Karlene Bayok Edwards I can’t remember much about that week-long trip we took in 1983, other than the deer eating our soap. It was just dusk, we were gathered around the fire
In the mountains of central Idaho due east of McCall, the mild September day made shirtsleeves comfortable even at an elevation of six thousand feet. Quaking aspens fluttered in the breeze and crimson huckleberry bushes splashed tawny ridges. Continue reading
