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Mountaineer of the Week: Lauren Currie
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to.. Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Julie Graham
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Liam Salas
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to.. Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Lee Zamos
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Dixie Havlak
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Elise James
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Zuzana Regan
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Rowland O’Flaherty
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Chuck Welter
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Clara Boettcher
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Bianca Szyperski
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Seattle Branch Seeking Chair-Elect and Branch Board of Directors Representative
Craig Kartes
Looking for an opportunity to provide leadership for your branch’s vision and goals? Interested in offering key support for the Seattle Branch’s most dedicated volunteers? Ready to assume a Board of Directors position and serve as a liaison for The Mountaineers largest branch? Consider serving as Chair-Elect or as Branch Board of Directors Representative. Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Sushil Kumar
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to.. Read more…
Mountaineers of the Week: Jennifer Fortin, John Sisco, and Kathy Fox
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to three retiring members of the Olympia Branch Stewardship and Conservation Advisory Team (SCAT). These dedicated individuals have been instrumental in guiding The Mountaineers stewardship efforts over the past 25 years. As they step into retirement, we recognize their remarkable contributions to conservation and stewardship. Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Wally Estenson
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Adeline Okada
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Jonathan "Scott" Sorci
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Vicki King
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Shuko Hashimoto
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Luna Smith-Fisher
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Celebrating Net Zero Carbon Emissions for our Tacoma Program Center
The Mountaineers
As an organization that cares deeply about a healthy future for our lands, waters, and communities, we have an obligation to respond to the climate crisis by aggressively reducing our impact on the environment. The Mountaineers is committed to reducing our organizational carbon footprint, toward the ambitious goal of achieving net zero carbon emissions for our facilities and operations. Read more…
2023 Impact Report: Advocating on Behalf of the Natural World
Geoff Lawrence
With the recent release of our annual impact report, we're celebrating all that donors and volunteers made possible through The Mountaineers in 2023. Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Kimberly Hardman
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
Emotional Safety Workshop Recap and Actions for Creating Safer Spaces
Tess Wendel
Mountaineers staff and volunteers have been aware of gaps in our member and leadership training related to emotional safety for a number of years. Between 2020 and 2024, staff-sponsored Leadership Development Series hosted a number of evening seminars that touched on this topic. In 2023, staff in partnership with the Equity & Inclusion Committee introduced the Emotional Safety in the Outdoors eLearning course that connects the core values of The Mountaineers to these five themes: Read more…
2023 Impact Report: Engaging a Vibrant Community of Outdoor Enthusiasts
Dixie Havlak
With the recent release of our annual impact report, we're celebrating all that donors and volunteers made possible through The Mountaineers in 2023. Read more…
Impact Giving | Investing in the Legacy of Mountaineers Lodges
Bri Vanderlinden
A year into our strategic plan, Adventure with Purpose, we’re making significant strides to continue improving support for our mission. To better address the needs of our volunteers who run and operate our three lodges, we are expanding resources and making dedicated financial investments. Of the many improvements taking place this season, I’m excited about a new opportunity to accelerate infrastructure improvements to revitalize Baker, Meany, and Stevens Lodges. Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Nina Kilham
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…
2023 Impact Report: Leading Innovation in Outdoor Education
Danielle Graham
With the recent release of our annual impact report, we're celebrating all that donors and volunteers made possible through The Mountaineers in 2023. Read more…
Equity & Inclusion Update: 2024 Trail Markers & the Path Ahead
The Mountaineers
At The Mountaineers, we believe all people should feel belonging in the outdoors and everyone should have opportunities, knowledge, resources, and access to connect with nature. This work stems from our core belief that a diverse and inclusive outdoors inspires unity, respect, and passion for the places we love. Since our last Equity & Inclusion (E&I) Committee update, we’ve been focusing efforts and resources on continuing to lower barriers to get outdoors, providing ongoing training to our leaders, investing in the emotional safety of our participants and community, and more. Read more…
Mountaineer of the Week: Daisy Fish
The Mountaineers
Each week we bring you a personal story from one of our members. For our member profile this week we talked to... Read more…