The Good, The Bad, and The Goat Creek by Orion Thompson
6/26, day 5 backpacking in The Bob, approximately 11:30 a.m. I find myself standing in a clearing staring out at the most breathtaking view I’ve ever seen. Mountain peaks capped
Keep Calm and Grit On by Althea Lasseter
“Does anyone have any other ideas for our fourth value as a group?,” asked my instructor, Sam, during our group living agreement at Wood Lake in Montana. I thought of
On Names and Naming: Reflections on a Day in Waterton Lakes National Park by Hannah Stone
We’d had a full day: a three-hour hike to Bertha Lake (with 1,500 feet of elevation gain), a quick swim in aforementioned lake, whose water was so cold it made
Reunion by Marabel Gann
Traveling to the other side of the country on my own to go backpacking when I had never left my homeland of the South was a big step for me,
Fear Hates Funny by Sydney Hayes
I think if you were to ask a group of nine strangers how long it would take them to feel like they have known each other their whole lives, they
Familiar Faces in Unfamiliar Land by Aiden Brossard
Montana’s Bob Marshall Wilderness is a gentle, unfamiliar world to me. Never in my wildest dreams have I seen mountains so stoic or rivers so clear. The bellow of a
Licking Glaciers by Cadyn Pitner
As I sit here at the top of Jumbo Pass Lodge, I look in front of me and see the glacier I licked yesterday. Ten miles away and an elevation
Not So Far From Home by Samuel Tyrrel
I laughed with Stella as we sat in her mountain log home. You might not see the underlying resemblance between the older woman sitting my opposite, but together we shared
Small Acts or Sordid Consequences by Adena Saigh
I looked out across the vast landscape and saw the three remaining glaciers, each pouring into strong veins of water before converging. I sat and stared, admiring the beauty of
There is Comfort in the Known by Maggie Kelly
The golden rays of the setting sun peek through the branches of the trees as I sit beside the river. The water rushes by, flowing over rocks in waves of