Summit County is blessed to have not one, but two, wilderness areas: Eagles Nest and Ptarmigan Peak. Wilderness areas are subject to some of the highest levels of protection afforded any federal land.

This fall, Wilderness Watch and other wilderness advocates gathered at the feet of the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, in the trees and away from computer screens, to reflect on the 60th anniversary of ...

Many summer visitors to Summit County, and even some locals, don’t fully understand what a “wilderness area” is. Is it any undeveloped land, part of the national forest, a federal or state park? And ...

There are certain kinds of trips that even the most intrepid solo traveler can’t pull off on their own. Case in point: a desert drive across one of the most remote and dramatic landscapes on the ...

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