Flagstaff, AZ sits at 7,000 feet, surrounded by the largest contiguous ponderosa pine forest in North America. The air is cool and thin, the nights are dark enough to see the Milky Way, and the Grand Canyon — one of the seven natural wonders of the world — lies less than an hour to the north. We see it as nature’s convention center. The Coconino National Forest is 1.8 million acres of high desert, volcanic peaks, ancient ruins, and alpine meadow. The nearby San Francisco Peaks — sacred to more than a dozen Native nations — watch over the valley from above 12,000 feet. Elk navigate through the pines at dusk. This is a part of the Colorado Plateau, and it will remind you why ritual conducted under open sky hits differently than anything within four walls can offer.