One of the more popular routes in the Mt. Baker Wilderness is the Park Butte Trail – an eight-mile out-and-back that leads to one of Washington’s ninety-three historic fire lookouts. Park Butte Lookout was built in 1932. However, records suggest … Read More
Located just east of the tiny town of Glacier, Skyline Divide is a seriously stunning trail in the heart of Washington’s Mount Baker Wilderness. Abutting North Cascades National Park to the east and the Canadian border to the north, the … Read More
Straddling the Montana-Wyoming border, Bighorn Canyon slices through fifty-five miles of sagebrush desert between the Bighorn and Pryor Mountains. Its colorful walls are made up of Madison limestone (320 to 350 million years old) and rise between 1,000 and 2,500 … Read More
Sitting in the Bighorn Basin at an elevation of 4,200 feet is the tiny town of Shell, Wyoming – population 83. When you think of the Mountain West, ocean life is probably not the first thing that comes to mind. … Read More
Devils Tower is one of the country’s most recognizable landmarks, and rightly so – the monolith rises strangely from the prairies of northeastern Wyoming just a couple hours west of South Dakota’s Black Hills. After ratifying the Antiquities Act, a … Read More
When we came to Wyoming for our two-month stay, we’d never heard of the Snowy Range. Like a lot of people, we were familiar with Wyoming’s more visited areas: Yellowstone, the Tetons, the Wind Rivers and Devils Tower. While researching … Read More
Cloud Peak’s rugged summit is the centerpiece of the Cloud Peak Wilderness – a remote, twenty-seven-mile expanse of backcountry that runs along the spine of Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains. Cloud Peak’s 13,167-foot summit is the range’s highpoint, soaring handily above its … Read More
If you’re interested in exploring the vast ruggedness of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex’s million-plus acres, Headquarters Pass is a good place to start. Our trip to the pass’ apex was confined to a day trip, but this high entrance … Read More
Mt. Wright is nestled within the Sawtooth Mountains of Montana’s Rocky Mountain Front. The 8,875-foot summit sits along the boundary of the Bob Marshall Wilderness Complex – a sprawling, one-million-acre wilderness area that stretches for 60 miles along the Continental … Read More
If you’re interested in a longer trail in Glacier National Park that will get you away from the crowds, the hike up to Swiftcurrent Lookout is a pretty scenic option. Beginning from the Swiftcurrent Motor Inn in Many Glacier, the … Read More
