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Fall Road Trip: Eastern Sierra, Day 4
Mono Lake. Photograph by Thomas J. Story. For seven days, we’re taking you on a fall road trip through the Eastern Sierra of California and Nevada. We’ll go behind the scenes of our September issue’s...
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Fall Road Trip: Eastern Sierra, Day 5
La Ferme restaurant. Photograph by Thomas J. Story For seven days, we’re taking you on a fall road trip through the Eastern Sierra of California and Nevada. We’ll go behind the scenes of our September...
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A dream trip to Alaska, two big street-food fests, and more favorite travel...
Ice fields near Glacier Bay, Alaska.(Photo by Sonja and Alex Overhiser, A Couple Cooks.) It’s time to plan your weekend! Here with inspiration: our 5 favorite travel finds of the week. Daydream...
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Everything you ever wanted to know about Lake Tahoe
One of our favorite pieces in the Nevada Museum of Art’s big Tahoe show: this 2014 photograph by Michael Light. Hard as it may be to believe, no museum has yet tried to mount a comprehensive exhibition...
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New camping gear to make your Labor Day getaway even better
Sleeping bag meets hammock in the first-generation Bison Bag. Photograph by Thomas J. Story. Doing a little end-of-summer camping this holiday weekend? Here are a few fresh takes on the same old...
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Fall Road Trip: Eastern Sierra, Day 7
Owens Valley. Photograph by Thomas J. Story For the past seven days, we took you on a fall road trip through the Eastern Sierra of California and Nevada. We went behind the scenes of our September...
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The 10 must-ride rollercoasters of the West
Thrills plus Pacific views: The Giant Dipper towers above the Santa Cruz boardwalk.(Photo by the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.) Nothing says summer like a trip to the amusement park: water slides, bumper...
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An expert’s tips for traveling with wine, Oakland intel, and more great...
Sunset’s future home: Oakland’s Jack London Square.(Photo by Richard Cummins, via Getty Images.) It’s time to plan your weekend! Here with inspiration: our 5 favorite travel finds of the week. Come...
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Welcome back! Wolves born wild in California
California’s new (and only) wild gray wolf pups. Photo: California Department of Fish and Wildlife. Big news for wildlife supporters: After an absence of nearly a century, a family of gray wolves—two...
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Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort’s founder turns 100, and he only stopped skiing a...
Dave McCoy doing what he does best: skiing and smiling.(Photos courtesy of Dave McCoy.) Mammoth Mountain Ski Resort founder Dave McCoy turns 100 today, and to celebrate, he’s launching a $100 for 100...
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Book now: 10 dreamy cabin escapes for fall
Knotty and nice: Far Meadow’s Base Camp, near Yosemite.(Photo by Thomas J. Story.) Every autumn it happens: By the time the weather chills, and it occurs to me that I want to escape to a cozy cabin in...
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This video of a baby grizzly goofing around will make your day
Grizzly bear cubs hitch a ride with mom in Alaska. (Daisy Gilardini / Getty Images) They say self awareness is the key to happiness. Well, I know this much about myself: I am the kind of person who...
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Labor Day travel finds: Burning Man, Bumbershoot—and more
Can’t make it to this year’s Burning Man? We have your fix.(Photo by Mike Orso/TandemStock.) Just in time for the long Labor Day weekend (hooray!), here are our 5 favorite travel finds of the week....
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This video will make you laugh—then get you outside
The only Rx you need? Outdoor bliss like this, in Monte Rio, CA.(Jeffery Cross / Sunset Publishing) “Are you feeling tired? Irritable? Stressed out? Well, you might consider… Nature!” These wise, wise...
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September’s greatest road trip, an alien invasion and more great travel finds
The 27 volcanic cones south of Mono Lake, along CA’s Highway 395.(Photo by Thomas J. Story / Sunset Publishing.) It’s time to plan your weekend! Here with inspiration: our 5 favorite travel finds of...
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Stunning new video lets you see the Grand Canyon from space!
Sunrise over the Grand Canyon—no filter needed.(Photo by Thomas J. Story / Sunset Publishing.) A new video that recently surfaced online shows Arizona’s Grand Canyon as seen from the stratosphere. The...
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Oktoberfest, an update from ‘The Shining’ hotel—and more great travel finds
Drink this in: Ketchum, Idaho (as seen from Proctor Mountain) is hosting an Oktoberfest celebration this weekend. (Photo by Andrea Minarcek.) It’s time to plan your weekend! Here with inspiration: our...
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Your 2015 fall reading list: Editors’ favorite books of the West
Jump right in: Autumn to me means reading, reading, reading.(Photo by Markus Kolletzky.) If summer is the season for blockbusters and beach reads, then fall is prime time to tuck into big, ambitious...
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Meet Herb Quady, Southern Oregon winemaker
Herb Quady (Drew Kelly / Sunset Publishing) In our October issue, we explore three exciting wine regions in the West in The Grand Wine Tour. Up-and-coming Southern Oregon, a sprawling land of 150...
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Finally: Pour-over coffee…for camping
Photo courtesy Kuju Coffee As a camper, former barista, and full-blown coffee addict—who recently, in a fit of desperation, dug a bag of instant coffee out of a campground trash can in order to get my...
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