Jan 30, 2025 | Just for fun, Notes from the Field
By Darcy Benham, January 30th, 2025 In the summer of 2024, I had the opportunity to join the Mountain Legacy Project as a research assistant for PhD candidate Claire Wright. I was aware of the project since I had been in several of Eric Higgs’ classes, but little did...
Dec 20, 2023 | Notes from the Field
By Claire Wright Plagued by heat, smoke, rain and strong winds, the 2023 MLP field season almost didn’t happen. It was late August when the monotony of waiting for improved conditions finally broke and a whirlwind of activity led to a surprisingly productive spell of...
Nov 29, 2023 | MLP research, Notes from the Field
By Katherine Hanly, James Tricker, Graham McDowell, Nov 29th 2023 Introduction In Canada, the largest and oldest mountain guiding operations originated in the Rockies. The region remains a guiding hot spot due to its unmatched breadth of spectacular terrain, scenic...
Jun 7, 2023 | Notes from the Field
In the summer of 2022, James Tricker, Catalina Madrid, and myself, went out into the field in Jasper National Park for a month-long period to complete 26 stations in Jasper’s three main valleys (Tricker’s study location). Our arrival in Jasper was prefigured by months...
Feb 10, 2023 | Historic photos, MLP research, Notes from the Field
By James Tricker The repeat photography undertaken at the Mountain Legacy Project (MLP) requires thorough preparation before the season starts, and long days in the field hiking to remote peaks and promontories, as Claire and Daniel recount in their climb up Mt...
Jan 13, 2023 | MLP News, Notes from the Field
Mt Robson and the Robson Glacier, A.O. Wheeler, 1911 Here at MLP, we’re always excited to talk about mountains. We were recently lucky enough to work with Mendel Skulski and Adam Huggins at Futures Ecologies, who turned our learnings in and about mountains into a new...
