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Let's get this out of the way. I love to hike, but I don’t like to take risks where if you slip, you could possibly lose your life. Nope. Not for me. BUT getting to this lookout cabin in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest is the exception. I really want to climb up and check this out.

Let's get this out of the way. I love to hike, but I don’t like to take risks where if you slip, you could possibly lose your life. Nope. Not for me. BUT getting to this lookout cabin in the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest is the exception. I really want to climb up and check this out.

In assembly line fashion, historians meticulously sifted through photos, letters and records that could be headed for federal archives.

The Wilderness Land Trust announced it had completed a transfer near Silvertip Peak to the U.S. Forest Service.

The Mountain Loop Highway will remain closed on the south side between Barlow Pass and Bedal Campground.

The Forest Service is closing the road to Mt. Pilchuck for repairs, along with other popular trails on the Mountain Loop.

Prescribed burns and community meetings are signs of local firefighters gearing up, already, for what could be another smoky summer.

The 9th Circuit upheld a ruling allowing timber companies to log scattered plots east of Verlot. It’ll also bring trailhead updates.

Outdoors writer Aislinn Sarnacki recently hiked Blackwood Mountain and came across an old cemetery with a storied past.

Finding shooting stars and orchids in the no-frills Mojave Desert sounds like an impossible task, yet they’ll be blooming in April and May at Calico Basin.