Bob Massie Millennials

The quiet Shasta-Cascade region of Northern California has a fiery volcanic history and an abundance of ethereal waterfalls. | National Geographic

The Gravity Well

The most common mechanisms of death in America’s National Parks are often subtler and more insidious than visitors expect. | Washington Post

In the midst of the pandemic, hours before the storming of the U.S. Capitol, I went snowshoeing in far northern New Hampshire. | Washington Post

Natural disasters, budget austerity, and the COVID-19 pandemic are hurting America’s affordable and accessible state parks. | National Geographic

As hiking soared in popularity across America, mid-pandemic, several mountainous regions saw more accidents and deaths. | AMC Outdoors

Most travelers never venture to the northern edge of New Hampshire, which lends these highlands sublime quietude. | Boston Magazine

Camping or hosteling during a pandemic? Nature calling? The safest restroom options might surprise you. | Washington Post

As more hikers venture into the outdoors, search-and-rescue volunteers are bracing for new challenges and hazards. | Washington Post