Randy Barrass was born and raised on the same rugged land his family has worked for more than a century, and after a life that took him through military service, decades of remote trapping and guiding, and years in the oil patch, he has returned full time to the lifestyle that shaped him. Now in his 60s, he lives alone in a 1,000-square-foot cabin he built by hand, running wolf and coyote traplines across the surrounding hills to protect his brother’s cattle ranch while drawing on a lifetime of self-taught skills — from milling lumber and tanning hides to engineering off-grid energy systems and repairing heavy equipment. But Randy’s greatest focus these days is legacy: with five grandchildren, he is determined to pass down the old-time knowledge and hard-won skills that defined his life before they are lost forever.