Teenagers Who Forged Our Wilderness Hikes By Dan Eaton Photos courtesy of Dan Eaton When you read the logs of backcountry trips in the Big Horn Crags area of the Salmon River Mountains, they describe Beaver Slide Trail
Our Annual “Great Adventure” Story and Photos by Alice Schenk On May 28, 2009, my husband Wayne and I packed a picnic lunch and hiked into Lake Cleveland before the road opened. Cleveland is an alpine lake in Cassia
A Quest to Reach the Tallest Peak in Each Idaho County Story and Photos by Alice Schenk Before the wind came whistling through the day and winter blanketed the landscape, I reached my high point number twelve. My
Water Mysteries and Other Curiosities By Mary Terra-Berns Coeur d’Alene Lake, which is twenty-five miles long and has a maximum depth of about 220 feet, is inhabited by large and small fish, along with a few “water mysteries.”
Awestruck in Teton Valley Story and Photos by Ryan C. Daley Driving into Driggs on Scenic Idaho Route 33, I notice that the green sign still reads “Pop. 1660.” Though it’s been growing, we have no mall, no
In the Albany Mountains Story and Photos by Alice Schenk On a bluebird day in mid-November 2018, we stepped from the pickup, donned our hiking boots, hats, and backpacks, adjusted our trekking poles, and headed down the road
On My First Trip to Idaho Story and Art by Brian Hubble I’m from the East Coast, and had my first opportunity to visit Idaho last June while living for a short time in Seattle. Friends from Sweden
Day Brings Night and Brightness By Jerry W. Davis My love of all things celestial can be traced back five decades, to late-night forays in the foothills above my small Wyoming hometown. Dad piled us kids into
Not Counting Location Story and Photos by Janice A. Abel In the eager heat of early summer, while songbirds trilled the joys of bug hunting for demanding offspring, as brilliant sunshine chased off all potential defects, I chose
Mountain-Climbing with the Master By Elijah Weber As we ascended the mountain, we swung our ice axes into the snow and listened for sharp reports, hoping to get solid purchase in the ice hidden beneath. Reassuring thumps radiated
