Pat Marcuson rounded out his legendary Montana backcountry fisheries career by working with salmon in Alaska and then with Idaho Fish and Game on Kootenay River white sturgeon and in central Idaho ...

Al Goldner wrings out his socks after fording Sky Top Creek, which was swollen with runoff from rain, hail and snow storms that hit the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness in mid-September 2013. Scott Wolff ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. It was the end of a long, hot day of backpacking. My hiking companions Erik Petersen and Parker ...

Westslope cutthroat trout — like this colored-up, 15-inch male — are a common find in Idaho’s high-elevation fisheries. Jordan Rodriguez Huffing and puffing, my friend Clayton and I crested the saddle ...

It can be a day-hike or adventure — an easy backpacking trip with kids or bushwhack to one of Oregon’s most impressive waterfalls. You can go fishing, or swimming, or exploring, or just put your feet ...

Few moments cry out for the use of vacation time more than warm and sunny days in September and October in Oregon’s Cascade Mountain wilderness areas. The trails, lakes and peaks of Oregon’s most ...

I’d like to say that my friend Gabe and I took a short backpacking trip in late June to celebrate the Wilderness Act’s 50th birthday, which is coming up in September, but that would be a lie. We just ...

A father and daughter set out on their annual bass fishing adventure in Northern Michigan’s Wilderness State Park. This article first appeared in Traverse Northern Michigan. Find this story and more ...

When John Hart wrote about the High Siskiyou Mountains in his 1975 book, “Hiking Bigfoot Country,” he was deeply concerned. Even while the author gloried in the mountains’ “spectacle and charm, the ...