Welcome to Northwest Trek! Here you will find the hunting, fishing, adventure, and life stories of our travels throughout Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California. We sincerely hope that you find Northwest Trek informative, entertaining, and inspirational. Oh, and by the way, do not be shy about leaving comments. We would love to hear from you!
// This is a Rogue River Black Bear that showed off while we were jet boating with Jerry’s Rogue Jets just out of Gold Beach, Oregon. Spotting a Black Bear in the wild is rare enough but catching a Black Bear on video is even more rare. So we were thrilled when this fuzzy fellow showed up... (more...)
// On The Divide Between The Salmon and Snake Rivers The nights are getting long and our Indian Summer has come to a close. We would prefer that the perfect fall weather we were experiencing would go on and on, but prudence would dictate that we need to wrap this expedition up. Evidence being... (more...)
// A Scene That Helps Make This Byway the Very Best We have been on our expedition for a while now and we have seen some really spectacular mountain scenery. In fact, up to now it has been amazing to see the diversity and the almost infinite opportunities that the mountains of the Northern Rockies... (more...)
// I’ve done avalanche control on the Chugach Mountains of South Central Alaska, hunted Dall Sheep in the Wrangals, caribou in the Alaska range, climbed Mt. Daniels in the North Cascades, fought fire all over most of the mountains of the west, always feeling at home wherever I found myself.... (more...)
// A.M. Commute in Yellowstone On two previous visits to Yellowstone National Park we had not ventured in until after the first of October. Consequently, we were snowed out before we were ready to leave. The major advantage had been the absence of crowds. This year we thought we would go a... (more...)
// The Crazy Mountains are a spectacular range fifteen miles north of Bozeman. We squatted for the night at Flathead Pass in the Battleground Campground. Flathead Pass was the site of two different Souix/White battles separated by about 10 years. There Be Grizzlys Here Elk Country We had one of... (more...)
