Pause
Ok, MG readers who hate The Man and all things corporate and branded… some friends sent us this piece of unbranded video. We like it. What do you think? PAUSE... The post Pause appeared first on...
View ArticleDEEP READ: The Storms of Denali
Seattle based author and writing teacher Nicholas O’Connell has been exploring the high country and writing about mountaineering for national magazines for decades. But his latest book The Storms of......
View ArticleDEEP READ: The Emerald Mile
Kevin Fedarko seemingly had it made as a senior editor at Outside magazine, writing cover stories and trotting the globe on assignment. But he decided to give that up for... The post DEEP READ: The...
View ArticleA Visit from St. Edward (‘Twas the Night Before Shutdown)
We received this piece of brilliant verse in our Inbox last night from Nathan Ament with the note: “I work for the National Park Service in Moab and wrote this... The post A Visit from St. Edward...
View Article2013 Mountain Dog Photo Contest: We Have a Winner!
We picked five finalists and you voted. Meet Bella, the reader’s choice for the Mountain Gazette 2013 Mountain Dog Photo Contest.Bella wins a new Rab Mountaineering Microlight Alpine jacket, Kong dog...
View ArticleCaribou Dreams: A meditation on Alaska’s great wild herds
Caribou Dreams By Jess Lewis Photos by Nathaniel Wilder (nathanielwilder.com) Caribou spill from the hills and instantly my upset stomach is forgotten. I stare through binoculars slack-jawed as they...
View ArticleSurvivor: The long (down and dirty) history of The Mountain Gazette and the...
Survivor By Dick Dorworth Mountain Gazette has been a free-form, free-spirited favorite publication of many literate free-form, free- spirited Westerners since it was born in the mind of the...
View ArticleThe 2014 Mountain Gazette Survivor Contest
The 2014 Mountain Gazette Survivor Contest It takes guts, grit, and a desire to live against the grain to live in a mountain town. You have to adapt and you... The post The 2014 Mountain Gazette...
View ArticleThe High Country of the Mind
The High Country of the Mind How many mountains does it take to reach the high country of the mind? We often glimpse it, but how do we get... The post The High Country of the Mind appeared first on...
View ArticleThe God of Skiing: Chapter 29, Saint-Exupery
Ed’s Note: Few ski bums have perfected the art of living the ski life better than Mountain Gazette’s editor-at-large, Peter Kray. The man has spent years seeing the sport from every angle—from... The...
View ArticleThe God of Skiing is HERE
Ed’s Note: Few ski bums have perfected the art of living the ski life better than Mountain Gazette’s editor-at-large, Peter Kray. The man has spent years seeing the sport from every angle—from... The...
View ArticleFive Reasons Why Valley Uprising Rocks
FIVE REASONS WHY “VALLEY UPRISING” ROCKS BY SIDNI GIORDANO Yosemite is high on the radar of everyone from NBC News to Rock and Ice but something else big happened when... The post Five Reasons Why...
View ArticleIn Focus: Breckenridge Photographer Liam Doran and the Art of Sport
How do you make it in a mountain town? For Liam Doran, the answer to that question has simply been to do what he loves and focus in. The most difficult thing about moving to a mountain town? Figuring...
View ArticleSouthwest Festival of the Written Word
Fayhee and Sojourner to Headline Written Word festival in New Mexico This Fall. If you have been looking for a semi-literate excuse to visit New Mexico’s astounding Gila Country, here it is. Mountain...
View ArticleIn Focus: Greg Von Doersten and the Big Picture of Adventure Photography
If you call yourself a pro adventure photographer and you call Jackson, Wyoming, your home, you had better be damn good. Take a look at Greg Von Doersten’s work and we think you will understand just...
View ArticleDateline Eur(asia): Mount Fuji Has Free WiFi
Where are we headed when the most climbed mountain on the planet has free WiFi at the summit? By M. Michael Brady Mount Fuji, 60 miles southwest of Tokyo, is the world’s most-climbed mountain. It now...
View ArticleDateline Europe: Icelanders Hike Hadrian’s Wall
A group of Icelanders decide to hike along the ancient remains of Hadrian’s Wall in England to connect to the deep history of ancient Romans, Britons and Viking. By Thorarinn Ørn Sævarsson as told to...
View ArticleIn Focus: Nicole Morgenthau and the Mountain Men
Mountain men still thrive and photographer Nicole Morgenthau has been documenting them in stunning portraits at rendezvous and the places where they live and work across the West. The mountain man has...
View ArticleMy Friend, Skip Yowell
Ed’s Note: Skip Yowell, a co-founder of Jansport, author of The Hippie Guide to Climbing the Corporate Ladder and Other Mountains, and leading voice in the outdoor industry for decades, passed away...
View ArticleThe Beast in the Latrine
The dog a woman finds in a latrine becomes her lifetime companion. By Jane Koerner Aging seems less daunting with Beast as my companion. We’re not aging gracefully as much as we’re adapting. After ten...
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