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With America reopening, it’s high time to hit the road. See some of the country’s greatest parks, grasslands, and trails on these handpicked routes.

Remembering Karen Stolz (1955-2021) Karen Stolz guiding on the North Face of Pitchoff, Adirondacks, 2015. [Photo] R.L. Stolz, Vertical Perspectives Photography A bright light in the Adirondacks went out on April 1 with the passing of Karen Stolz from pancreatic cancer. She was 65. Karen co-owned Alpine Adventures with her husband R.L., and she was one of the earliest and longest-serving female guides in the region. "Karen's professional mountain guiding career started in 1982 when we ran a small rock climbing school for three years in Pennsylvania, prior to Alpine Adventures," R.L. Stolz tol...

Introducing Washington's national parks Lonely Planet Editors 26 February 2021 Washington is blessed with some of the most rugged, diverse scenery in the lower 48 states. With snow capped peaks rarely seen on this scale outside Alaska, ragged coasts strewn with timber stripped by the waves, pin-drop quiet forests, and active stratovolcanoes right in the backyard of the Evergreen State's major metros, there's nowhere else quite like it. So it should come as no surprise that Washington is home to three national parks, each of which contains some of the state's best natural areas and unique ecos...

The Best Outdoor Adventures in America Right Now By Jen Murphy © Mick Kelley We all crave these days what Thoreau called "the tonic of wilderness": vast space, no people, plenty to see and soak up. Here's where to find it in the USA. Henry David Thoreau, the American naturalist and philosopher, called our desire for big nature "the tonic of wilderness." We sure all need it now. Below are 21 great outdoor adventures—on the East coast, the West coast, the Midwest, and the South. We have organized them by degrees of physical difficulty involved: From almost none (Part 1, Ad...