There’s such a thing as trail etiquette
The uppermost switchback on the Bright Angel Trail in Grand Canyon National Park is eight feet wide. Yet the last…
Bright Angel Trail, NPS/Ty Karlovetz
MoreToo many tourists follow a leader
A spectacular picture recently appeared on social media of a young lady in Arizona. She was poised on the edge…
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MoreNever hike without this perfect accompaniment
I have long been known to have pet peeves about the debris hikers drop along trails, but one piece of…
Buster babes with a bandana collar
MoreLet’s redefine those bucket lists
What did we learn this summer and fall? We learned that people who’d been cooped up, thanks to COVID-19, flocked…
MoreHands off the rocks
Hikers are flooding our public lands, so I ask the question: Why can’t people just leave the poor rocks alone?…
More“Look at me” culture leaves too many marks
“The pioneers endured drought, famine, disease, and death in order to reach the West and scratch their names on the wall.”
Photograph by Lloyd Bunk, courtesy of Unsplash
MoreGRAND CANYON TAKES A BREAK FROM THE CROWDS
To reach any national park in the West, people have to travel. Travel is risky and helps spread the virus.
Photograph by Marjorie “Slim” Woodruff
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