Raw audio of Zach reminiscing about a 2018 backpacking trip on the BWCA’s Kekekabic Trail with Mark Spagnolo and Nick Perronteau.

Growing up during snowboarding’s early years in the 80s, Jeff Fortune fell in love with sliding sideways on snow and made it his mission to share the stoke with others throughout northeastern Minnesota.

We catch up with Mark Swiontek and see what he’s been up to over the past year. Spoiler: it’s a lot!

John Filander has been a fixture in the Iron Range skiing community for over half a century. From being at the center of nearly every ski race held in northeastern Minnesota, (both Nordic and Alpine) to an official at the Olympics and a competitive freestyle skier in the 70s (yes, he skied ballet) and ski bumming through the west, John has done it all.

Superior Hiking Trail Association Trail Development Director Jo Swanson joins us as we discuss creative goals to put more fun into your hiking. There’s more than just Thru-Hiking and Peak bagging!

Have you ever wanted to do one of those giant life-changing trips such as thru-hiking the AT, paddling the Mississippi or biking across country? Well, over the past few years my childhood friend Mark Swiontek has made that a lifestyle. I sat down fireside with Mark and asked him to take us on a journey.

In 2018, Bret Alexander founded Mesabi Outdoor Adventures as a way to "connect Iron Range Communities by engaging people of all skill levels and abilities in outdoor recreation activities to promote health, education, conservation, personal growth, and fun." Two years later, the group is bigger than ever, getting Iron Rangers outside despite the challenges of COVID19.

Jo Swanson is the Trail Development Director of the Superior Hiking Trail Association. In this episode we talk with Jo about how her love for hiking became her livelihood.

Zach talks with IROC president Benji Neff about the recent explosion of Iron Range mountain biking.

Sit beside the campfire with Zach and his guest Mark Spagnolo as the recount their 2015 hike of the Border Route Trail.