Spring rains have flooded key Cascades trail sections. Get the latest washout alerts, safe detour routes, and gear tips to stay on track this March.

Garrett VanceMarch 15, 2026

Turn your St. Patrick's Day into a low‑impact celebration with reusable gear, biodegradable décor, and eco‑smart food choices.

Garrett VanceMarch 15, 2026

Turn your spring clean into a bio‑harmony overhaul—personalized eating, gear tweaks, and data‑driven habits for a healthier, safer season on the Cascades.

Garrett VanceMarch 14, 2026

A no-nonsense Cascades water-treatment protocol: source selection, pre-filtering, boil/filter/disinfect sequencing, and the hazards treatment cannot fix.

Garrett VanceMarch 13, 2026

My repeatable 15-minute pre-dawn audit for Cascades hikes: point forecasts, avalanche elevation bands, streamflow checks, and closure verification before you leave the driveway.

Garrett VanceMarch 13, 2026

The safety standards Cascades hikers rely on every spring — cold-water survival tables, standardized hazard grading, avalanche airbag deployment protocols — were often built by women researchers who never made the gear catalog cover. That's a data problem, not just a PR one.

Garrett VanceMarch 6, 2026

Women researchers, SAR coordinators, and rangers didn't just contribute to trail safety—they built the foundational protocols Cascades hikers depend on today. The data is there. The credit usually isn't.

Garrett VanceMarch 5, 2026

AI hiking assistants are trained on AllTrails reviews and Instagram captions—not SAR incident data. Here's what the search-and-rescue numbers actually show prevents injuries, and why the $300 gadgets trending this spring aren't it.

Garrett VanceMarch 5, 2026

Hiking apps promise safety but the rescue data tells a different story. Garrett breaks down why better tools are getting more unprepared people onto dangerous terrain—and what actually prevents injuries.

Garrett VanceMarch 5, 2026