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Looking Forward and Back | Fall 2025 Gap

Glacial Challenges by Pep Moore It had been a long day. I was leading on the ten-mile, nine-hour hike to […]

Keira Obert (right) is the HMI Marketing & Admissions Associate I’ve always had a soft spot for a low-budget adventure,

On the final day of each HMI program, every student shares a written “Full Circle” reflection. This Full Circle essay

A striking irony of the current moment is that deep relationships to nature and community are needed now more than

A reflection by Emily Weisenbach, sister of RMS VIII alum Matthew Stuen Since Stuen Hall’s dedication in 2010, approximately 1,700

Jill Gardiner, HMI Director of Admissions & Financial Aid Do you remember the moment you first heard about HMI? I

The view from the top by Leo Kirkbride I don’t do it. I wish I did. Perhaps I’ll pick up

HMI Fall 2025 Rock and Trek students reflect on their first expedition in the Sawatch range of the Rocky Mountains!

Calling all HMI alumni! HMI will be staffing an aid station at the Leadville Trail 100 Run on August 16,

When the students choose the hard route…let them walk into the swamp! It’s a beautiful late-summer morning on the first