The Magazine of The Sierra Club
I Hated My Satellite Communicator—Until I Really Needed It
In the deepest wilderness, you can now be in constant communication with the outside world
Field Trip
Looking for Moose Skulls at Isle Royale National Park
A journey into one of the longest-running citizen-science initiatives in the US
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The Trail Family Ties That Bind
A backpacker finds a family on New Zealand’s Heaphy Track
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Some Enchanted Swamp Walk
Knee deep in a Florida swamp saved by the Nixon administration
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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