In its fifth season, the 2020 Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness Winter Tracks program was a big success in outdoor education. Nearly 50 FSPW volunteers showed over 325...
Author: Sandy Compton
Snow Cave: A winter adventure
By Christine Tefta, Priest River High School Class of 2019
Not long ago, in the early days of March, I set off...
Round Lake and Winter Tracks: A natural combination.
Round Lake State Park and Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness have been partners in outdoor education for five years. Round Lake hosted its first Winter Tracks in 2015,...
Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness 2020 scholarship competition open for entries
For over a decade, Friends of
Scotchman Peaks has given high school seniors a chance to show their love for
wild country. This year, the FSPW scholarship competition will...
The very FIRST (FSPW) 2020 beer-drinking event is Jan. 6
It may not be the FIRST beer-drinking event of the year. After all, there’s a lot of football to watch in the next few days. But the Laughing Dog Brews for Benefits on...
Celebrating winter in our wild back yard.
Winter has arrived, and the Friends of Scotchman Peaks
Wilderness (FSPW) winter hike season is right behind. In every season, FSPW
volunteers lead hikers into and around...
FSPW outdoor programs for kids: game changer, life changer
It’s a pleasure to see kids light up at natural things, and Friends of Scotchman Peaks Wilderness volunteers and staff often have the pleasure....
Grateful to be home in the wild.
When I was five, my parents made me WALK from the Lucky Star
mine to the end of what became Forest Road 409. It was horrible — or I thought
it was. I just wished to go...