Recreation
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Current
Challenges pile up for avalanche mitigation on mountain highways
Highway avalanche control gets harder as mountain communities grow and skiers flock to the backcountry.
by Emilene Ostlind, Jan 30, 2011 -
Writers on the Range
Real hunters get the lead out
Lead bullets are harmful to hunters as well as to the environment.
by Paul W. Hansen, Jan 13, 2011 -
Current
Taming the River Wild
Proposals to make dangerous rapids safer rouse controversy among avid river-users.
by Sarah Gilman, Oct 17, 2010 -
Multimedia
Down the Black Hole
This summer, journalist Jeremy Miller descended two notorious Utah slot canyons with an equally notorious guide.
by Cally Carswell, Oct 11, 2010 -
Uncommon Westerners
His photographs trace the passage of time
Photographer Mark Klett has made an art of rephotographing Western landscapes first documented about 100 years ago
by Renee Guillory, Sep 30, 2010 -
Perspective
Why not fees on Fourteeners?
A Forest Service proposal to charge fees at popular Fourteeners might result in fewer tourists -- who spend more.
by Ed Quillen, Jun 15, 2010 -
Editor's Note
Culture of the Canyon
When the author ventures down the Colorado on a raft, he discovers a world of wonders -- and a little bit of himself.
by Jonathan Thompson, May 04, 2010 -
News
Recreation on the range
A sheepdog attack highlights conflicts between recreators and ranchers in Colorado's increasingly popular national forests.
by Ariana Brocious, Dec 15, 2009 -
Writers on the Range
Got your elk yet?
It's the question of the season, one that assumes that if you live in the West, you must hunt.
by Drew Pogge, Oct 09, 2009 -
Focus
Conservation for the Adrenaline Crowd
Environmentalists in the Roaring Fork Valley of Colorado have struggled to get recreationists behind their causes.
by Terray Sylvester, Sep 30, 2009 -
Book Reviews
Books for lonely times
When you're camped all alone in the wilderness, there is nothing like a book to bring you comfort.
by Emma Brown, Sep 13, 2009 -
Two Weeks in the West
Our best idea
A family trip out West in 1959, when he was 9 years old, inspired Dayton Duncan to make a new documentary series with Ken Burns, called The National Parks: America’s Best Idea.
by Ray Ring , Sep 13, 2009 -
Writers on the Range
My home on a glacier
The memory of two summers spent working as a dogsled guide on a glacier in Alaska will never melt away.
by Blair Braverman , Aug 27, 2009 -
Essays
The dictionary reader
What kind of person spends the whole summer stuck inside a cabin reading the dictionary?
by Ana Maria Spagna, Aug 20, 2009 -
Writers on the Range
Riding the rails -- upscale
It may not be as romantic as hopping freight cars in a Woody Guthrie song, but Amtrak is the nicest way to travel across the West.
by Betsy Kepes, Jul 09, 2009
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