Should we be thinking about last ascents, instead of first ones?
Mountaineers confront disappearing glaciers.
View ArticlePhotos: The power of climbing harnessed
Brown Girls Climbing addresses trauma and is increasing diversity at the crag.
View ArticleA runner reimagines his place in a sprawling city
And creates new connections from the details.
View ArticleDesigning for access in outdoor spaces doesn’t mean paving pathways
A reckoning with assumptions about who wants to spend time in nature.
View ArticleOn the Road to 50: A grand beginning
It’s a dangerous and promising time. HCN seeks to tell the many stories of the West.
View ArticleRoad trips and the importance of reflection
In New Mexico, tourism illuminates a violent atomic past and threatens a religious sanctuary.
View ArticleThe transformation of a centuries-old refuge in New Mexico
With 300,000 visitors every year, how can Chimayó’s history be preserved?
View ArticleA road trip through New Mexico’s atomic past
As nuclear tourism booms in the Land of Enchantment, histories of violence are packaged, sold and consumed.
View ArticleCurrents of consent and control
Like strainers of a river, our memories reshape us from within.
View ArticleIt is solved by walking
The path to fixing our broken communities is forged by footsteps.
View ArticleCoyote diets; anaerobic digesters; poachers caught on camera
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
View ArticleHow recreation boosts the economy
From travelers to new residents, outdoor enthusiasts make an impact on the West’s bottom lines.
View ArticleBears Ears’ only visitor center isn’t run by the feds
With the monument facing stripped-down protections and sky rocketing visitation, a local nonprofit built its own guerrilla visitor center to educate the masses.
View ArticleThe roar of military jets triggers a crusade for quiet
As ‘Growlers’ shatter the calm of Washington’s Olympic Peninsula, a push for quiet grows.
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