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Happy Holidays! Your Trails are Closed.
Closures at popular SoCal trails, Mirror Homes in Nature, Classic Outdoor Gear Photos, Lots of Winter Fun, New Life for a Historic Ski Area, and More!
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A Better Black Friday
plus, a last chance for Owhyee Canyonlands, a winter fest in waterfall heaven, a killer camping deal, Lake Mead's new worries, and lots more
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Hold On To Your Butts
It's gonna be a rough ride. Plus, fake bears, baseball in the parks, how REI's return policy got ruined, and more
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First Light in a Fire Tower
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The River Runs Free
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Let the Permit Races Begin!
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A Song of Water and Ice
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Besting the Blue Plateau
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Cash for Pow
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More States Call for Landback (Not the Good Kind)
plus, haunted hikes, trail dogs, a celebration of civil disobedience, tech breakthroughs, and OMG VOTE PLZ.
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Why Do We Do This Again?
Plus, a new Marine Sanctuary, Goodbye to a Boot Legend, Crater Lake's Unhidden Secrets, the Importance of First Aid Kits, and more
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Natural Disasters and Place Attachment
Plus, Walking like a Monk, Coyotes in the City, Better hiking on the Apple Watch, a Mount Whitney Poo Problem, and more
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Fine, It's Fall
Plus, See me at the Autry, Apple Maps goes hiking, stomach bugs in paradise, we need to bother Gov. Newsom, and more
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Utah's At It Again
The Beehive State makes another play for federal land, plus Oregon's next hopeful national monument, candy national parks, the importance of camp shoes…
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Summer is Over When *I* Say It's Over, Dang It
howdy When I lived in L.A., the seasons were a little confusing.
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Is It Art or Vandalism? Again.
plus, is Aramark ruining Yosemite? P-22 stars in a documentary, and getting ready for fall color
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Modern Hiker Newsletter
Modern Hiker Newsletter
Outdoor news and musings from the American West. Written by Casey Schreiner, outdoor author and journalist, television writer/producer, LA Times contributor, and founder of Modern Hiker - one of the oldest and most-read hiking blogs on the west coast.
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