Go Your Own Way Story and Photos by Mike Cothern Which way to go? The dilemma often confronts me while traipsing solo through Idaho’s high country. There’s just too much to see, to visit, to be tempted by. And since … Continue reading
A Forty-Year Intrigue By Tom Lopez Time is relative; its only worth depends upon what we do as it is passing. —Albert Einstein Mountain climbing, like life, is more about the journey than reaching the summit. My journey with Bell Mountain, one … Continue reading
Like a Bird Dog on Point Story and Photos by Alice Schenk Wayne and I had left our Rupert home early, hoping to beat the storm we knew would blow through later on that Labor Day in 2020. But as … Continue reading
A Christmas Flood on Pine Creek By Jim Shubert Photos Courtesy of Jim Shubert Gusty winds and sleet pelted our faces as we leaned forward to climb the steep slope through heavy, wet snow. My brother Phil and I grasped … Continue reading
Cold but Not Alone By Michael Stubbs In 2016, the author wrote about accompanying Tom Klein on part of his sporadic quest to hike the more than nine hundred miles of the rugged Idaho Centennial Trail (“Along with Tom,” November … Continue reading
Navigating South Selkirk Crest Story and Photos by Alice Schenk In “Highpointing the Forty-Four,” (IDAHO magazine, March 2020), Alice Schenk described several climbs in a continuing effort to reach the tallest peak in each of Idaho’s forty-four counties. In this … Continue reading
A Light Show on Independence Day Story and Photos by Matt Demke “Hey, do you have anything going on the next couple of days?” “Where are you taking me now?” Most of the backpacking adventures my cousin Tristyn and I … Continue reading
Training for a 30k Run Story and photos by Kimberly Shepard A chilly wind that traveled through the early July air brought billowing clouds of fog with it. I stood looking skeptically at a muddy path that led steeply upwards … Continue reading
A Marvel in the South Hills Story and photos by Michael Stubbs Is it my imagination, or do these cones of volcanic tuff look like traditional Native American animal-skin homes? Perhaps I have been deceived by my own expectations. I … Continue reading
Idylls in the Canyon By Chris Carlson In 2018, Caxton Press of Caldwell published Chris Carlson’s book, Hells Heroes: How an unlikely alliance saved Idaho’s Hells Canyon. Several months later, Chris died of cancer at the family home in Medimont, … Continue reading
