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Spring 2025 | Volume 119 | Number 2

The Mountaineers enriches the community by helping people explore, conserve, learn about, and enjoy the lands and waters of the Pacific Northwest and beyond.

Features

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A Costume Climbing Tradition: Anywhere, Anytime

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Thinking Like a Glacier in the Sinlahekin Valley

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Conversations With Big Snow Mountain

On the cover:
Dress with an altitude - 8,365ft to be exact. Akanksha Panwar, Mushtaque Silat, and Lindsay Fincher on the summit of Mt. St. Helens, May 2016. Photo by Mushtaque Silat.

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If you are thinking of joining, or have joined and aren’t sure where to start, why not set a date to Meet The Mountaineers? Check the Branching Out section of the magazine for times and locations of informational meetings at each of our seven branches.