This section of the PCT is a beauty with alpine scenery and three different lakes that offer the perfect place to take a dip ...
There’s something quite compelling about a beautiful body of water; these natural wonders invite quiet contemplation and encourage all sorts of outdoor recreation. And while this intrigue can be found ...
Whether you're looking to take in scenery and coast down calm waterways or get in some much-needed fishing and camping, this ...
Have you ever longed for a summer escape where you glide across sapphire alpine waters at dawn and plunge into their invigorating depths by midday? Across the United States, these high-altitude gems ...
Summer is a great time to venture above treeline into the tundra and the Rocky Mountains are dotted with multitudes of alpine lakes that create ideal destination hikes. The trailhead access for ...
Today we venture along Alpine Lake located in Marin’s Lake District — where Lake Lagunitas, Bon Tempe and Alpine are gathered together like blue beads strung on Lagunitas Creek. The hike we take along ...
There’s nothing quite like it. Not the spa cold plunge. Not the chlorinated pool. Not even the ocean I lived beside for nearly a decade. I’m talking about a true alpine lake dunk—the kind that leaves ...
UW Ph.D. student Meredith Journey and undergraduate Isabelle Burky, of Worland, collect zooplankton and algae samples in a high-elevation lake in Wyoming’s Wind River Mountains this past summer. (Amy ...