A trail along the Trans-Alaska pipeline could be the start of a booming recreation economy.
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June 26, 2017
In our annual Outdoor Recreation issue we examine the lure of long hauls and personal pilgrimage. Something happens once we’re outdoors that touches our deeper human natures. As we encounter the wild, and recognize our own small place in it, we can’t help but be humbled and changed.
Feature
Editor's Note
On the kinship between walkers.
Current
HCN.org news in brief.
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How trail designer Loretta McEllhiney protects mountains from people.
At the border, migrants and long-distance trekkers hike side by side but worlds apart.
The National Trails System, by the numbers.
Essays
Ex-skiers, ex-climbers, ex-hikers take on long-distance travel with motorbikes.
Book Reviews
A new volume of maps shows the evolution of how we understand geography.
Writers on the Range
A miscreant is littering. What’s the Priestess to do then?
A long-distance trail would disrupt badly needed grizzly habitat.
Heard Around the West
Mishaps and mayhem from around the region.
Dear Friends
Our latest letter to readers welcomes Tristan Ahtone to the team.
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