--The Tri-City Herald is reporting that, "Ross James Wallette, a popular Kennewick photographer, videographer and climbing guide, died Aug. 18 in a fall near the peak of one of the most challenging mountains in Washington’s Cascade Range." To read more, click here.
--Teton Gravity Research is reporting that, "A 50-year-old climber died this past weekend after sustaining severe injuries while descending Mount Shasta (14,162 ft). According to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office, the man summited Shasta with a partner on Saturday, August 16, 2025. Shortly after beginning their descent via the Clear Creek Trail, a storm moved in." To read more, click here.
--My Bellingham Now is reporting on the glaciers of Mt. Baker. "A concern among climate change-focused scientists is the size and presence of glaciers. Washington is home to some of the most heavily glaciered mountains in the lower 48 states of the U.S. In an interview with My Bellingham Now, WWU Geology Professor Doug Clark speaks about what he has seen in his decades of observations on Mount Baker." To read more, click here.
--Methow Valley News is reporting that, "to deal with increasing numbers of visitors and resulting congestion, North Cascades National Park Service Complex is exploring ideas like providing shuttles to popular hiking destinations, creating floating campsites on Ross Lake, and relocating some campgrounds and trailheads. The North Cascades National Park Service Complex includes North Cascades National Park, the Ross Lake National Recreation Area (NRA) and the Lake Chelan NRA." To read more, click here.
--Methow Valley News is also reporting that, "Four busy trailhead parking areas on the North Cascades Highway (State Route 20) will be closed temporarily during coming weeks for parking lot and entry road repairs. Work was scheduled to get underway this week, beginning on Monday (Aug. 18), at the Washington Pass Overlook Trail and Bridge Creek Trailhead parking areas, according to an announcement sent out last week by the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest." To read more, click here.
--AAI's 50-Year Anniversary Mountain Fest, Gear Sale, and Maker's Market is coming up on September 13th. Learn more about it, here.
Desert Southwest:
--Climbing is reporting that, "The Ninth Circuit Court granted a temporary injunction just before the planned transfer of Oak Flat to a copper mining company, in a small but meaningful delay in a long legal battle." To read more, click here.
Colorado and Utah:
--Yahoo Finance is reporting that, "Netflix founder Reed Hastings may need to dig himself out of a $75.9 million crevasse at North America’s biggest ski resort. The streaming giant’s former CEO is wrangling with a group of EB-5 investors who say he’s on the hook for unpaid debt tied to Utah’s Powder Mountain, according to a lawsuit filed in Manhattan Supreme Court in April." To read more, click here.
--Gear Junkie is reporting that, "This summer, Utah-based DPS Skis launched an eyebrow-raising expansion of its resale program. Instead of just repairing its own skis for online credit, the small company will now issue credits for a used ski of any brand." To read more click here.
Notes from All Over:
--The Livingston Enterprise is reporting that, "A helicopter from Central Copters based in Belgrade rescued an injured 52-year-old male climber from Arizona on the southwest slope of Granite Peak on Aug. 16. With a elevation of 12,807 feet, Granite Peak, situated in the Beartooth Range within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, is the highest point in Montana." To read more, click here.
--The Livingston Enterprise is reporting that, "A helicopter from Central Copters based in Belgrade rescued an injured 52-year-old male climber from Arizona on the southwest slope of Granite Peak on Aug. 16. With a elevation of 12,807 feet, Granite Peak, situated in the Beartooth Range within the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness, is the highest point in Montana." To read more, click here.
--From the Daily Beast: "President Donald Trump mused Thursday about turning D.C.’s national parks into golf clubs while meeting with police and military personnel at his war-on-crime spectacle in the capital. 'One of the things we are going to be redoing is your parks,' the president said as he spoke from the U.S. Park Police’s Anacostia Operations Facility in Washington, D.C. 'I’m very good at grass because I have a lot of golf courses all over the place. I know more about grass than any human being I think anywhere in the world.'" To read more, click here.
--Outside is reporting that, "after AI failed to generate an image of a Black surfer, David Mesfin set out to change how technology sees people of color in the outdoors." To read more, click here.
--Backpacker is reporting that, "More than half of people in the U.S. recreated outdoors in 2024 according to a new report from the Outdoor Industry Association, with Black and Hispanic participants driving the biggest gains." To read more, click here.
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