Off the Trails Podcast
1) 131: Trail Mix - Deadly Flora
Thereâs something appealing and romantic about foraging and thereâs a special kind of calm that comes from working in your yard or garden. But when plant encounters go wrong, you donât just get a bad...Show More
2) 130: The Wilcox Expedition
Imagine this - you're standing on a mountain ridge almost four miles above sea level. The wind is howling, and screaming, and youâre barely able to stay standing. The world around you is white in ever...Show More
3) 129: The Missing Mushroom Hunter
Some people spend their lives searching for treasure. For mushroom hunters, that treasure grows quietly in the shadows. But sometimes, unknown dangers can also be lurking in those same shadows.Sources...Show More
4) 128: Unsolved in Colorado - Tom Young and Keith Reinhard
In a small mining town in the Colorado Rockies, a man and his dog walked into the mountains and never returned. Less than a year later, another man working in the exact same location took interest in ...Show More
5) 127: Unfinished Canvas - The North Cascades Disappearance
It was supposed to be a peaceful settingâan artist setting up his easel by the roadside, surrounded by the wild, glacier-cut beauty of Washingtonâs North Cascades. But for days, his car would sit aban...Show More
6) 126: Sunday Scary - Haunted Hikes
Some trails are just trails, a good workout, fresh air, a chance to clear your head, and maybe a nice view. And then there are the other ones. The ones that feel⊠different. Maybe itâs the way the tr...Show More
7) 125: Flight 571 - The Price of Survival
It should have been a quick flight, just a few hours across the Andes Mountains from Uruguay to Chile. Onboard were members of a rugby team, and many of their friends, and family. Spirits were high, t...Show More
8) 124: The Yosemite Mystery - Jeanne Hesselschwertâs Final Hike
Today, weâre heading deep into Yosemite National Park- a place known for its stunning granite cliffs, towering waterfalls, and wild, untouched beauty. But even in a place so breathtaking, things can g...Show More
9) 123: Sunday Scary - Dark & Forbidden Destinations
Some places create a feeling as soon you step into them. Itâs not just the air or the silence, itâs something heavier, like the land is holding something dark. Today, weâre traveling to a few of thos...Show More
10) 122: Mystery of the Sarah Joe
In February of 1979 five friends set off in a small fishing boat. The men smiling, laughing, heading out for just another day on the water off the coast of Maui. But no one would return. This is the m...Show More