The Best Outside Long Reads of 2020
( Photos: Arches, PhotoQuest/Getty; people: Philippe Beyer/EyeEm/Getty. Art: Petra Zeiler.) Looking back now, it’s hard to believe we ran a feature story on overcrowding in 2020 that doesn’t contain a single mention of viral loads, the effectiveness of masks, or the ethics of large-scale human gatherings. Mark Sundeen’s January report, which explores how Utah’s five iconic national parks became victims of the state’s genius marketing efforts to attract tourists, now seems like a relic from another era. But one day soon, the pandemic will be in our rearview, and when that happens, ...