Jarbidge and Bruneau Rivers, Idaho

Moe Witschard, Jarbidge River

Paddling the Jarbidge and Bruneau Rivers requires navigating long committing desert canyons filled with rattlesnakes, mandatory portages, sharp raft piercing rocks, poison ivy, and a healthy population of insects. It‘s also one of the most beautiful and thrilling wilderness adventures you can have.

Pine Creek Canyon, Zion National Park

Descending Pine Creek Canyon is a short but thrilling adventure in the center of Zion National Park.

Buckskin Gulch, Utah

Fryxell and Amy McCarthy, Buckskin Gulch

Buckskin Gulch is arguably the world's longest slot canyon. For thirteen fantastic miles the canyon is deeper than it is wide. It's also one of the world’s most spectacular hikes.

Darhad Ski Traverse, Mongolia

Lunch Break, Ulaan Tiaga

As part of a research expedition organized by Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation with support from the National Geographic Society, The Ring of Darhad Research Expedition spent 24 days skiing 230 miles through northern Mongolia.  The expedition conducted a systematic snow track survey of wildlife with a particular interest in wolverine.

Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

In Sukhbaatar Square a statue of a Mongol warrior overlooks a growing city

Ulaanbaatar or “Red Hero” is known as the coldest capital city of the most sparsely populated nation. Originating as a Buddhist monastery, the city is home to the Mongols who built the greatest inland empire the world has ever known. Today, Ulaanbaatar is being rapidly transformed by a mining boom and the fatest-growing economy in the world.  This mining boom also threatens the integrity of one of the worlds last great wildernesses.

Winter on the Great Divide

This winter I had just three weeks to indulge in the dry powder and captivating terrain of the Northern Rockies — my normal stopping grounds. Fryxell, my 14-month old boarder collie and I enjoyed multiple powder runs on Teton Pass with Amy McCarthy and a brilliant tour in Hellroaring Basin with Rob Spence and Wesley Bunch. Time was short, but powder, fun and friendship were plentiful. 

Hellroaring, Montana

Rob Spence and Wesley Bunch, Hellroaring Basin

My annual winter sojourn to the Hellroaring Basin in Montana's Centennial Range is reminiscent of visiting an old friend.