There are several national parks near Seattle, from the lush rainforests of Olympic National Park to the incredible history surrounding Fort Vancouver. Use this guide to plan your visits.

The group made pancakes, drank coffee and placed flowers at the sign on the summit before skiing fresh tracks to the base – a tribute dubbed “Ride for Rigo.” It was his birthday, a day he had eagerly ...

A woman is dead after an incident on Blackcomb Mountain March 13, though details remain scarce. In a joint release with ...

Ski season is upon us. With that in mind, here are the best places to visit—and what to pack for each locale—in Aspen, ...

Homeowners near the mouth of Little Cottonwood Canyon have filed a lawsuit to block the Utah Department of Transportation from using land in their neighborhood to build a road for a controversial ...

Not only is it banned, it's outright deadly. And it's the highest unclimbed mountain on Earth. There have been several summit attempts, but they've all failed. Now it's not even legal to climb out ...

TOKYO: The first windowless gondola lift in Japan has been introduced at Hakone Ropeway in the Hakone hot spring resort in Kanagawa Prefecture, beginning operations on Monday (March 10 ...

Ski areas all over the Green Mountain State are having incredible snow years. Stowe just recorded the third highest snowpack for a single date in its history, at a whopping 112 inches. The mountain ...

Rainier Gondola. From the upper terminal, make use of the surrounding summit-area trails or, if you'd like a longer adventure, walk back to the base area. One challenging descent, the Northway Trail, ...

in particular the iconic Stawamus Chief granite dome (more easily reached via the scenic Sea to Sky gondola). Beyond that are hiking and mountain biking trails, windsurfing, kayaking, heli-skiing ...