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Least Visited And Most Remote

You might think there is no better place than a remote mountain valley to spend some time in the age of COVID-19, and Stehekin, Washington, certainly fits the bill. It must be difficult now for the locals, though -- on the one hand wanting to keep away anyone who could bring infection, but on the other needing visitors to keep the economy going.

Irresistible Distractions At Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument

The beginning of winter found me feeling torn between the sleepy comforts of home and the satisfying challenges of rugged wilderness camping. As usual, the mountains won. “I’m headed north on Highway 15 out of Silver City, New Mexico,” I had texted my family. “No service for a few days, until I get back.”

Where Will You Explore Winter In The National Park System?

Winter, the season with cold, snow, short days and long nights, can be a challenging season to explore the National Park System. Yet it also holds surprises that reveal themselves in shimmering lights darting across the night sky, in tracks of what passed the night before across the snowscape, and in congregations of wildlife.

Into The Badlands Of El Morro And El Malpais National Monuments

El Morro and El Malpais national monuments preserve rugged, demanding landscapes that nevertheless attracted travelers, from ancestral Puebloans to early 20th century homesteaders. Today visitors study the signatures at El Morro, or peer into the lava tubes that worm beneath El Morro's surface. But there's also the backcountry of both that attract visitors who look for beauty, solitude, and perhaps a connection with those who came long before.

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