The Future for Mount Wilson

I have been working with the US Forest Service Fourteener Program Manager Loretta McEllhiney since 2015 in the Navajo Basin. We have scouted new trail routes and walked our alternatives with specialists, so we could start designing a sustainable route up to the class...

Inundated. A Poem by Craig Dixon

Inundated A poem written by Craig Dixon I knelt beside the little stream All this time peering into the water’s gleam It shimmered and danced down the meandering steps Like a beautiful sunfish in the ocean’s depth I watched it corrode the soil therein As if purging...

The Importance of Being Optimistic

At a glance we trail workers are rough around the edges. We’re dirty, smelly, and sunburnt. We cuss and spit. We heckle each other for fun. Beyond the roughness, we are can-do people. Optimists. Visionaries, even. We look at a steep pitch, an eroding hillside, an...

Wagging in the Wind

It is my pleasure to explain to those who aren’t familiar with what a wag bag is. Or even better the exciting contents found inside! To start I’ll explain proper LNT practices when pooping above tree line. Human waste takes much longer to break down up in alpine zones...