Summer has flown by with the aspen leaves turning yellow and temps touching into the 30s at night. Our organic gardens were allowed to go a little rouge this year and it made for a beautiful jungle environment. Who thought you could create a lush garden at over 1.25 miles high and so close to the Canadian border? It definitely … Read More
Battle Born Feature
Battle Born Batteries, the company that provided the lithium-ion batteries for Sage Mountain Center’s most recent upgrade in 2017, recently featured us on their blog. Read all about it here.
Trails and Boulders Tours
Buried beneath the surface of Sage Mountain Center is a foundation of granite and crystal. Above the earthen surface are magnificent rock formations of magical scale and form. These formations are part of the little known 75-million-year-old Boulder Batholith of North America. In order to make these boulder areas more accessible and highlight their beauty, we created a moderate two-mile … Read More
TV Casting Call for Sustainable Building Reality Show!
Sage Mountain Center has been working with a production company out of Los Angeles to create two TV shows involving alternative construction. We are looking for builders and teams familiar with cordwood/straw bale construction and general alternative construction skills (Sage Mountain Center will not have a team but will be the Project Director). The shows are being pitched to Discovery … Read More
Krater Garden – 2015
Last summer with the help of Zach Weiss, our Sepp Holzer Krater Garden was constructed. The legendary author and teacher Sepp Holzer himself shared his vision and knowledge with 50 attendees during a week-long workshop as we quickly assembled the team of dump trucks, excavators, and hand tools. The initial shape was formed during the workshop and throughout the remainder … Read More
Labyrinth Project
After further observation of the labyrinth location, we have decided to move it to another site. Initially, the meadow (which we cleared decades ago in order to create more open grass lands), was going to remain natural for grazing deer and elk. But looking closer at the sight, the meadow is now thriving with very healthy sage brush, new Douglas … Read More