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#009 - Yellowstone, Part 1: The History | The Supervolcano, the Nez Perce & the Wolves
Episode 9
Underneath Yellowstone sits one of the largest volcanic systems on Earth — a magma chamber the size of a small state. This is the longest history epi…
2 months, 1 week ago
#008 - Field Skills: Flash Floods | Reading Water, Weather & Slot Canyons
Episode 8
Flash floods kill more people in the U.S. in an average year than lightning, tornadoes, or hurricanes — each one individually. This Field Skills epis…
2 months, 2 weeks ago
#007 - Zion, Part 3: Where to Stay | Zion Lodge, Watchman & Free BLM Camping
Episode 7
Where to sleep, eat, and camp at Zion — the only park where your lodging choice ranges from a historic 1920s cabin inside the canyon to free disperse…
2 months, 3 weeks ago
#006 - Zion, Part 2: The Visit | Angels Landing Permits, the Narrows & Beating the Crowds
Episode 6
Four and a half million people visit Zion a year, almost all of them packed into six miles of canyon with one road in and one road out. This is how t…
2 months, 4 weeks ago
#005 - Zion, Part 1: The History | The Virgin River, Navajo Sandstone & the Fight Over the Name
Episode 5
How a thin silver thread of a river carved a canyon 2,600 feet deep through solid sandstone — and how that canyon went from an unknown monument with …
3 months ago
#004 - Field Skills: Altitude | Reading Your Body Above 10,000 Feet
Episode 4
The thin air on a high summit is the single thing most likely to turn a great day into a dangerous one — and fitness won't save you from it. This Fie…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
#003 - Great Basin, Part 3: Where to Stay | Campgrounds, Baker & Dark-Sky Lodging
Episode 3
Where to actually sleep at Great Basin National Park — the park with no lodge, no hotel inside the gates, and one of the darkest night skies in the c…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
#002 - Great Basin, Part 2: The Visit | Lehman Caves Tours, Wheeler Peak & Dark Skies
Episode 2
Everything you need to actually visit Great Basin National Park — one of the most remote and least-crowded parks in the country. This is the practica…
3 months, 3 weeks ago
#001 - Great Basin, Part 1: The History | Lehman Caves & the Oldest Trees on Earth
Episode 1
The story of Great Basin National Park — how a remote Nevada mountain came to hold a cave, a glacier, and the oldest living things on Earth. From the…
3 months, 3 weeks ago