The Mountain Journal website started back in the summer of 2010. Inspired by great magazines like Mountain Gazette, the plan had always been to produce a print version. But I never got around to it – until now!
This is the annual Mountain Journal magazine. It is distributed through mountain and valley towns from Melbourne to Canberra. We generally print 1,000 copies and distribute them for free in suitable venues. We always try to leave a few in mountain huts we visit. If you can’t track one down, get in touch. We can post you a copy (we ask $5 to cover costs). cam.walker@foe.org.au
Writing for MJ
You can find details on how to contribute here, including word limits for each section.
You can find details on writing for the magazine here: https://themountainjournal.com/write-for-mountain-journal/writing-for-mj-magazine/
2024 edition
The 4th print edition of Mountain Journal magazine is now online and available here > https://themountainjournal.com/2024/03/19/mountain-journal-magazine-4-now-online/
It will start to appear in public places in coming weeks. If you would like to help with distribution – for instance, by dropping a few copies in at your favourite café, pub or mountain hut – please get in touch.
The format is slightly different this year, with the same overall format and ‘departments’, but with a few longer form stories. There is also a focus on human powered crossings of the Australian Alps.
I would love to hear your thoughts. Cam.walker@foe.org.au
Sections
News from Home – environmental news from lutruwita/ Tasmania and the Australian Alps.
Are you suffering from shifting baseline syndrome? / Gunaikurnai to jointly manage the Alpine national park / Native forest logging ends in the Victorian high country! / ‘Long-unburnt stands of Snow gum are exceedingly rare in the Victorian Alps’ / ‘Fire regimes around Australia shifted abruptly 20 years ago’ / Control of Kosciusko’s feral horses makes progress / Tasmanian government pushes ahead with Tyndall Range proposal / Lake Pedder update / Native forest logging in mountain adjacent areas of lutruwita/ Tasmania / Profile – Hilary McAllister For Wild Places
Around the Campfire – chats with mountain people.
Uncle Shane Monk / The Little Dargo: a natural and cultural treasure / Jeffe Aronson / Kelly Van Den Berg
Mountain Culture
Backcountry film festival Alpine Odyssey – The Film / Heniiniini’. There is snow on the ground / Local is the New Black / Winter van life / Australia’s southern most ski field
Off track
Crossing the Australian Alps on foot / The centenary Perrins Bluff pilgrimage / Snow Camping at Cootapatamba Hut – A Photo Essay
Cover image: Carol Tonn.
2023 edition
The 2023 edition went to a larger print run – 1,000 copies. Keep an eye out for it in venues in mountain and valley towns, or your favourite mountain hut.
You can read a PDF version of the 2023 edition here: MJ3.
CONTENTS
Introduction
News from Home – environmental news from lutruwita/ Tasmania and the Australian Alps.
A recovery plan for the snow gums/ the kunanyi cable car saga/ Falls Creek development/ whats happening with the Falls to Hotham Alpine Crossing/ the time has come for a magnificent Alpine national park/ forests at risk in the Victorian mountains/ alpine islands/ running to save the Great Forest/ Cleve Cole hut and the Bogong Diaries/ Tali Karng – a jewel in a changing landscape
Around the Campfire – chats with mountain people
Studying the Alps/ the legacy of Maisie Fawcett/ vale Alec Costin/ vale Peter Hull/ firefighting in the high country/ Henry Wajswelner
Mountain Culture – backcountry festival at Hotham/ The First Hike Project/ Backcountry companion/ Chasing the Mountain Light/ Alpine Resorts VIC takes on managing resorts/ Daveys hut – a reflection
Off track – the upside of a wet spring: paddling rivers
Cover image: Laurence McDonald
Get in touch if you’re looking for a print copy. cam.walker@foe.org.au
2022 edition
The second edition is a collaboration with Mandy Lamont of Lamont magazine. It will be distributed across resorts, valley towns and regional centres in early June.
You can read the magazine as a pdf here.
CONTENTS MJ#2
Fire – updates on life in the Pyrocene
News from home – environmental updates from across the mountains
Around the campfire – some chats with mountain people: the theme this year is Giving back to the mountains – and features interviews and profiles of guides, activists, trail groomers, firefighters, community builders, and many more
Mountain Culture – new films, magazines, podcasts, and things we love
Offtrack – an epic pack rafting adventure on the Dargo River, from the headwaters at Mt Hotham to the pub at Dargo
Cover image: Karl Gray
2021 edition
The first print edition is (covid lockdowns permitting) slowly surfacing in cafes, mountain huts and public spaces across the Alps.
You can read the journal as a PDF here, but if you enjoy print, I can also post you a copy.
Just email me your postal details and I will send one. If you can afford $7 to cover printing and postage that would be great, but no stress if you can’t. Cam.walker@foe.org.au
Its 36 pages, full colour, and hopefully inspires you to get out in the hills.
Cover image: Stephen Curtain
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