The Magazine of The Sierra Club
On Scaling a Historic Fire Tower in Washington's North Cascades
The allure and romance of remote, one-room mountaintop cabins
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An Offering to History on the Mississippi Mound Trail
A writer explores the blues and her ancestry
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Yosemite's Accidental Wilderness
Hetchy Hetchy Valley is a stain on the map of American environmentalism—and an oasis of solitude
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What It's Like to Kayak With Whales in Haida Gwaii
Where orcas rule the waves and Indigenous elders protect the land
A Cyclist Goes It Alone on Nevada's Highway 50
Biking America's loneliest road is an exercise in solitude
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A Hiker Revels in an Appalachia Trail Without the Crowds
Pine Mountain is an ecological treasure in a region known for resource extraction
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A Backcountry Skier Shares Trails With Grizzly Bears in Yellowstone
The country's first national park shows us what coexistence looks like
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Fighting Cancer, An Adventurer Revisits Ruins of Ancient Civilization
David Roberts reconnects with the ruins of an ancient civilization
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Paddling the Lower Columbia River Water Trail
A veteran mountaineer discovers that long-distance kayaking is a whole different kind of outdoor adventure
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The MacLehose Trail Is Hong Kong's Great Escape
The 62-mile trail is the wilder side of the Chinese territory
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