Our trip ended abruptly at the Pigeon River on 11 March. We spent so much time crawling (literally crawling) through the Canadian portage...

I can't quite believe that we have skied over 120 miles. So far here is what I've learned: The wild is wild: My first week was full of...

Friends of the Boundary Waters (Friends) agreed to join in on this trip right from the beginning. I reached out in the summer to see if...

It feels surreal, intimidating and exciting all at the same time. I've only spent a little bit of time in this wilderness and was...

The short answer is: things cost money and other people are better at things that I suck at. The more I look into other [read 'bigger']...

This is the hike that changed my life. I've always loved winter as a person who grew up in the throws of 29 Minnesotan winters. My...

The Kekekabic is the shortest of my thru-hikes thus far, coming in at 42 miles. It is also the hardest trail that I've done. It also runs...

Hiking from the border of Canada to my house in Duluth, MN felt like a first doable thru-hike. It included the Border Route Trail...