Exploring wilderness around the state
Big game guide Berg led remarkable life
Plant has tremendous growth rate
The plastic paradox and rockwork on Skyline Trail
Path welcomes all nonmotorized user groups
Beauty overwhelms on initial drive
App allows for outdoor discovery
It was a short, strange, summer but it looks like the season for doubling the layers of my rain gear has finally arrived. Soon the… Continue reading
Evidence still needed to show what Kenai birch conclusively is
From a splendidly placed saddle near Callisto Peak, you can see Bear Glacier and it’s iceberg-laden lagoon. The ridgeline isn’t an easy trek, or well… Continue reading
Varney reports on fishing
Insect makes life in backcountry tough
I was watching some cool looking, single engine, private jets rocketing out of the airport the other day when I realized they were a nice… Continue reading
I had an interesting style during my middle and high school years, to put it softly. I showed up to school photos sporting a bowl… Continue reading
In 2015, a slope above Taan Fiord — an arm of Icy Bay not too far from Yakutat — suddenly collapsed. It had been creeping… Continue reading
Last weekend as I was cruising the Homer Spit’s cleaning tables to see what was flopping on the cutting counters, I came across a surreal… Continue reading
Recreating during a pandemic presents some challenges. Is the great outdoors great enough? How do you social distance on a narrow wilderness trail? How toxic… Continue reading
At first glance, the boreal forest of Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and the pine rocklands of Key Deer National Wildlife Refuge have very little, if… Continue reading
