Star Peak trail, the facts: Sweat. Scenery. Heat. Humor. Pulaskis. People. Loppers. Laughter. Carry. Camaraderie. Tread. Tremendous. Three days and very, very, very close to a mile of tread. One…
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Tuesday Trail Talk
They are no longer just names on a map: Star Peak, Little Spar Lake, Pillick Ridge, Ross Creek Cedars, Goat Mountain, Scotchman Peak. Some are close friends, while others are…
Tuesday Trail Talk
Spar Peak guards its creek with rocky cliffs, providing a rough edge to the lush valley below. Some of us were lucky enough this last week to share the view…
Tuesday Trail Talk
I was enthralled by the wild long before I ever saw a wilderness. As a child growing up on a Michigan farm, the woodlots became forests and the clouds on…
Tuesday Trail Talk
We guard wild land for our children so that they may experience its magnificence and impart its value to generations yet to come. There are two special weeks this summer…
The Scotchman Peaks Stewardship Season takes off with a roar!
FSPW vols swing out to a great start on the Star Peak trail reconstruction. Download your 2012 Summer Stewardship Calendar Here The Friends of Scotchman Peaks kicked off their 2012…
Tuesday Trail Talk
Surrounding the high country lake was a Lilliputian festival of wild flowers. The high elevation and short growing season ensured that the plants put less energy into stem and leaf…
Tuesday Trail Talk
The sky was streaked with various shades of pink and blue- that combination that as kids we called “sky blue-pink”. But there at tree line, the sunset was bigger, clearer,…