High Country News

Travel, HCN-style

Editor’s note for HCN’s second annual special issue on travel in the West describes some quirky personal trips.

by Ray Ring, Mar 18, 2013
The Excursions Episode

Thought-provoking jaunts to inspire your own Western wanderings this summer: a visit to Utah's Sun Tunnels; a peek into modern hobo culture; and a beginner's guide to hitchhiking.

by Cally Carswell, Jun 19, 2012
Ingredients: History, preservatives

In Preserving Western History, editor Andrew Gulliford has put together "the first college reader to address public history in the American West."

by Dave Phillips, May 01, 2006
A season of change

In Chasing Spring: An American Journey Through a Changing Season, nature writer Bruce Stutz follows spring from New York to Alaska, examining the surprising changes that global warming is bringing

by Ewen Callaway, May 01, 2006
Ode to a very hot spot

Live! From Death Valley is John Soennichsen’s "love letter to an ill-tempered mistress," California’s Death Valley

by Laura Paskus, May 01, 2006
We keep annoying Sheila, our GPS navigator

A GPS navigator works fine in the city, but tends to get muddled in Wyoming's rough country, with its growing network of oil and gas roads.

by Sharon O'Toole, Mar 30, 2011
Staying put

These days, Ana Maria Spagna travels only in her imagination, as she and her partner, Laurie, stay home and care for their elderly, dying and much-loved cat, Daisy.

by Ana Maria Spagna, Mar 03, 2008
On the wing

This special "books and essays" issue circles around the theme of migration.

by Jodi Peterson, Sep 12, 2010
Two weeks in the West

James M. Doohan heads to final frontier (briefly) from New Mexico’s spaceport; northern spotted owls in trouble again; Veterans Conservation Corps; drugged up and rehabbing in the West

by Jonathan Thompson, May 14, 2007
Truckers or skiers, take your pick

Bill Sniffin explores some of the West’s most challenging interstates.

by Bill Sniffin, Oct 22, 2007