02 Apr 2025 Sixmile Lean in closer. Let me tell you a story about whitewater. A story not just about boiling holes, surging eddies,…
18 Feb 2025 Long Lake If you blink along the trail, you’ll surely miss the turn-off. The sun was still high when Maggie and I…
17 Jun 2024 Resurrection Pass Trail Construction Everything seemed to be ice. It filled the valleys and the bays along the shore. Only a few nunataks, the…
06 May 2024 Resurrection River Trail So many choices when it comes to choosing which trail to hike. Or write about. Res River Trail was…
26 Feb 2024 Trail of Blue Ice Words for the Hiker Your footsteps are a rhythmic heartbeat. A pattern similar to many, but one of a kind.…
06 Dec 2023 Renegade Trails of the Kenai Mountains This is the Chugach National Forest. So of course, there is a gate without any sign marking a trail that…
19 Oct 2023 Slaughter Gulch When I was 14 years old—long before I understood the concept of pacing myself—my father decided to take our family…
12 Sep 2023 Res Pass I want to acknowledge the Kenaitze Indian Tribe, descendants of the Kahtnuht’ana Dena’ina, as the rightful stewards of the land…
29 Aug 2023 Devil’s Pass The trail where the sun always shines Down south the Seward Highway A rain cloud follows around…
27 Jul 2023 A Favorite Hike You’ll note the title—A Favorite Hike—Not “MY Favorite Hike.” I have too many treks that I enjoy without deciding which…
