WINTERSPORTS -- When I woke and saw the fresh snow in town I knew I had only a few hours before receiving an email with photos of the epic skiing conditions somewhere in the mountains. Galen Chamberlain came through, not only with photos of the...
PARKS — Crews are working to rescue two climbers and a snowshoer off Mount Rainier after they were caught in a weekend storm, the Associated Press reports. Park spokeswoman Patti Wold says a Chinook helicopter crew will try again Monday to reach them after extreme...
NATIONAL PARKS – A catastrophic computer system crash at Mount Rainier National Park has put procrastinators on equal footing with backpackers who applied early to get backcountry permits for the Wonderland Trail and other sites. Hikers who want to camp in the wilderness at Mount…
FISHING -- Things are looking up for fly fishers -- be cause the fish are. Here's a report from Sean Visintainer of Silver Bow Fly Shop on emerging dry fly action that picked up in the past week. End of March usually means a big…
FISHING -- Toby Wyatt of Reel Time Fishing based in Clarkston has been back in the lower Columbia River intercepting the first wave of spring chinook salmon. But he also has guides working salmon hundreds of miles upstream at Dworshak Reservoir where kokanee are smacking…
FISHING -- Legislation has been approved that will help fund efforts to conserve wild steelhead populations in Washington through the sale of license plates featuring an image of the state’s iconic fish in the background. Senate Bill 6200, requested by the Washington Department of Fish…
PUBLIC LANDS -- I was exploring old, new and developing trails on the BLM's Fishtrap area on Saturday. The scablands are very wet and waterfowl are in every puddle. I came over one basalt outcropping and found a garden of buttercups. Seemed as though the…
Rich Landers writes and photographs stories and columns for a wide range of outdoors coverage, including Outdoors feature sections on Sunday and Thursday.
