Magazine

May 13, 2019

In our annual outdoor recreation and travel issue, we take a road trip through the West's atomic past and lament the loss of a quiet sanctuary in New Mexico. We look at the economics of recreation and a guerrilla visitor's center for Bears Ears National Monument. We rethink access and design for disabilities in the outdoors, and consider what melting glaciers mean to mountaineering. We report on the loss of quiet, thanks to military overflights. We ask how long-distance running – not to mention walking – can re-familiarize a person with a place. And we think deeply on the currents that define our lives – and the courses of rivers. As we prepare for HCN’s 50th anniversary, read our latest initiative, “On the Road to 50."

Feature

A 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.

LuLing Osofsky and Key MacFarlane May 13, 2019 From the print edition

The transformation of a centuries-old refuge in New Mexico

With 300,000 visitors every year, how can Chimayó’s history be preserved?

Gustavo Arellano May 13, 2019 From the print edition

Editor's Note

Road trips and the importance of reflection

In New Mexico, tourism illuminates a violent atomic past and threatens a religious sanctuary.

Emily Benson May 13, 2019 From the print edition

Current

How recreation boosts the economy

From travelers to new residents, outdoor enthusiasts make an impact on the West’s bottom lines.

Luna Anna Archey May 13, 2019 From the print edition

Bears 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.

Nick Davidson May 13, 2019 From the print edition