A Spirit of Place By Paul Bradt It was Fall of 2016, but this adventure was born about 35 years earlier, while on a canoe trip down the Bull River…
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.
Ryan Goodman’s Memorable Wilderness Experience
Whenever quality time is spent in the wilderness there is a story to tell. Growing up near the Cabinet Mountains has molded the backbone of my adventurous spirit. I feel…
The Star Peak Trail and the YCC by Ethan Brown
I have had numerous wilderness experiences in my life. However, one of the more gratifying experiences was during my time working for the Youth Conservation Corps. In the summer of…
Troy High School Scholarship Winner Moxley Roesler-Begalke
A Hike to Geiger Lakes: The Eye-opening Experience for a Young Boy When I was nine years old, my family moved from Minnesota back to Montana. It was late in…
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 near Silver Mountain on a backpacking exhibition. With…
Changing your outlook changes everything.
By Elloria Lambert, Clark Fork High School Class of 2019 My most memorable outdoor experience took place my sophomore year of high school with my school’s outdoor experiential learning program.…
Family fun in wilderness
Above: Aaron Johnson in one of the less miserable moments of the 2016 Extreme Plein Air Expedition (Photo by Joe Foster, dappstudios.com) By Aaron Johnson The company loves misery —…
The Shortest Hunt
"As long as we had water nearby and a semi-flat site to pitch a small shelter we would be fine. " By Jared Lampton Despite being a lifelong hunter and…
