Local Etiquette

I moved to Moab from Tampa in 2017 and opened my own bike shop in 2020. These are the desert rules I wish I’d known.

Did you know only 5% of Grand Canyon visitors hike below the rim?

Thousands of us hike the Appalachian Trail every year, so here are my 5 habits for leaving it better than we found it.

There’s almost always someone else on my Jackson Hole skintrack now, so here are 5 habits that keep everyone safe.

I stopped practicing civil rights law, but the fight didn’t stop; it moved to the trails porters carry us up.

I once believed safaris were harmless, until years inside tourism showed me what happens when the cameras stop.

Colorado’s backcountry is getting crowded, so here’s the frank etiquette talk we wish every skier would have.

I love my mountain-town trails, but they’re being loved to death, and towns are finally fighting back.

95% of Indian Creek climbers parachute in from far away, and I was one of them. Fourteen years on, I listen.

If you want to climb like a local in Red Rock, here are the seven climbing etiquette tips you need to know before you go.