I pull over at the intersection of Lightning and Mosquito Creek Roads to check my map. Sure enough, I am en route to find the trailhead to a noted peak in the...
Category: Voices in the Wilderness
Voices in the Wilderness, begun as a celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Wilderness Act, allows people from many walks of life to tell personal stories about enjoyable —or maybe not-so-enjoyable —adventures and personally important moments in wild country. Pieces are written by people from all around the Scotchmans area. Each story tells of the writer’s special relationship with wild places. The stories are funny, touching, scary, inspiring and all rooted in a personal relationship with a place with no roads.
These essays are published in papers around the region including Montanian, Western News, Sanders County Ledger, Bonner County Daily Bee, and Sandpoint Reader.
Voices in the Wilderness: Jessie Grossman
When I was in college, I wanted a job working in the wilderness. I, however, had a problem. While I had been on many group backpacking trips in well-traveled wilderness...
Voices in the Wilderness: Ed Robinson on Art and Fear in the Wild
Ed Robinson is a retired forester, plein air artist, and 40-year resident of North Idaho.
Voices in the Wilderness: Lauren Mitchell and the Song of Bug Markers
In 2011-2012 I spent the winter in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Mountain pine bark beetles were spreading through the forests at a record rate and there was a lot of...
Voices in the Wilderness: Henry Jorden on Wild Places Near & Far
I don’t think I truly understood how unique our wild places are until I saw the New York City skyline jutting out from the horizon for the very first...
Jesika Harper Finds Stories in the Wilderness
There is no shortage of opportunities to hear about backcountry adventures in this beautiful place we call home. I love to hear others’ stories about wild places and...
Jayden Winslow’s Wilderness Experience
Straddling the summits and flanks of northwest Montana's Cabinet Mountains lies the Cabinet Mountain Wilderness Area (CMWA). Over 94,000 acres of primitive, rugged, and...
Paul Bradt shares his voice from the wilderness
A Spirit of Place
By Paul Bradt
It was Fall of...