Travel & Outdoors Articles
10 Top Winery Visits
To truly appreciate wine, sometimes you have to look outside the glass. Here are 10 must-see wineries for Washington oenophiles.
By Lia Steakley Dicker, James Ross Gardner, and Jessica Voelker
Up in the Air
Life—and everything else, for that matter—looks a little different when you’re climbing a tree.
Maritime Masterpieces
Two British Columbia islands save a family vacation from itself.
By David Laskin
Wild West Limo Scene
Rogue limo drivers poach fares and menace passengers, while those who play by the rules lose out.
Hike and Bike: Mount St. Helens
Lucky us: We live near some of the best hiking and mountain biking trails in the Pacific Northwest. Want to break a sweat? Take a stroll before lunch? There’s a trail for that.
By Laura Dannen, Hayley Poole, and Craig Romano
Hike and Bike: North Cascades
Lucky us: We live near some of the best hiking and mountain biking trails in the Pacific Northwest. Want to break a sweat? Take a stroll before lunch? There’s a trail for that.
By Laura Dannen, Hayley Poole, and Craig Romano
Hike and Bike: Olympic Peninsula
Lucky us: We live near some of the best hiking and mountain biking trails in the Pacific Northwest. Want to break a sweat? Take a stroll before lunch? There’s a trail for that.
By Laura Dannen, Hayley Poole, and Craig Romano
Hike and Bike: Seattle Metro
Lucky us: We live near some of the best hiking and mountain biking trails in the Pacific Northwest. Want to break a sweat? Take a stroll before lunch? There’s a trail for that.
By Laura Dannen, Hayley Poole, and Craig Romano
Hike and Bike: Central Cascades
Lucky us: We live near some of the best hiking and mountain biking trails in the Pacific Northwest. Want to break a sweat? Take a stroll before lunch? There’s a trail for that.
By Laura Dannen, Hayley Poole, and Craig Romano
Blast from the Past
Mount St. Helens erupted 30 years ago this month. It changed more than just the landscape.
Go! Road Trips 2010
Seattle’s nice, but rolling out of town in the springtime is even sweeter. Here, five excuses to load the trunk, get behind the wheel, and put rubber to asphalt.
By James Ross Gardner, Jessica Voelker, Christopher Werner, David Laskin, and Lia Steakley Dicker
Sea Change
An acid peril is rising from the depths and falling from the air. It kills local oysters and threatens everything that lives in the sea.
Into the Wild
No one expects to land in a survival situation. And that's why being prepared is the secret to making it out alive.
26 Perfect Saturdays
We've planned out a year's worth of memorable days—urban explorations, out-of-bounds adventures, and relaxed, cultural happenings of the very Seattle kind.
Flight Club
Need a new perspective on the city—and want to leave your recession-era problems on the ground for a few hours at a time? Go to pilot school.
By Jim Gullo
My Island
Five locals on five isles—San Juan, Whidbey, Vancouver, Anderson, and Galiano—dish on how to make the most of your next island sojourn.
Edited by James Ross Gardner
The Longest Mile
You gotta be a fanatical runner—or crazy—to run an ultramarathon. Seattle’s Scott Jurek is a little bit of both.
By Sean Leslie
Let It Rain
A spring hike through the Olympic rain forest can be a muddy, waterlogged exercise in environmental immersion. And it’s wonderful.
All Washed Up
Flotsamologists never know what they’ll uncover on Washington’s stormy shores—and that’s the point.
52 Weekends
52 Destinations for Each Weekend of the Year
By James Ross Gardner, Jim Gullo, Courtney Nash, Lia Steakley Dicker, Jessica Voelker, Christopher Werner, and Laura Cassidy
Digging In
If you want to try Washington’s best bivalve, grab a bucket and head to the beach.
By Jess Thomson
35 Northwest Playgrounds
Great outdoor summer adventures in the water, on the ground, and high in the sky.
Swim with the Fishes
A diver discovers unearthly—and inhuman—delights beneath the sea.
By Langdon Cook
Paradise Redone
Mount Rainier’s Paradise Inn is open again—and summer may never be the same.
By Jim Gullo
Early Game Plan
The proactive Seattleite’s guide to enjoying a super-sliding, high-flying, great-dining time at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.
Into the Wildland
For Kurt and Anne Kutay—and thousands of travelers—that first dance became a rumba round the world.
Rocky Mountain Express
Wake up to Nordic skiing and trainspotting in Essex, Montana, after a sleeper car slumber party.
