A 36-year-old Austrian climber could be jailed for up to three years after leaving his girlfriend to die on the nation's highest peak.
The author learns to trust the wisdom of his elders on a wildly jinxed motorcycle-mountaineering trip to Ecuador.
On a motorcycle trip to Italy, we learn it’s not when you arrive, but how, and it’s not what you bring, it’s how you pack it. Sponsored for EVERGOODS.
At The North Face Climbing Festival in London, I spoke with Stefano Ghisolfi, Fay Manners, Nathaniel Coleman, and others about their upcoming projects.
To Grammy-nominated violinist and activist Vijay Gupta, classical music was made for the streets.
Forget the 5.14 sufferfests. We asked elite athletes like Alex Honnold, Sasha DiGiulian, and Alex Megos to share the moderate lines they love.
Siebe Vanhee, Séan Villanueva O’Driscoll, and Symon Welfringer completed a first ascent two decades in the making. Now, Vanhee reveals the scariest moments and whether the 5,000-foot route was worth the risk.
On May 9, Konstantin Smirnov’s mountaineering guide abandoned him at 25,900 feet on the fifth-highest mountain on Earth. He's now taking the guide company to court.
Two Wyoming campers did everything right—keeping food out of their tents and using deterrents—but a black bear refused to back down.
Over intense opposition from the Havasupai Tribal Council, state officials quietly approved a request from the Pinyon Plain uranium mine to adjust acceptable levels of toxic chemicals in the mine’s monitoring well.
The Indian government has definitively identified the mountain's most famous dead body. Now comes the dangerous, expensive reality of hacking him out of the ice.
A 36-year-old Austrian climber could be jailed for up to three years after leaving his girlfriend to die on the nation's highest peak.
In the past, Steamboat Geyser in Yellowstone National Park regularly shot water over 300 feet into the air. But the feature hasn’t erupted in the better part of a year, and scientists aren’t sure when it will again.
A private meeting of Utah officials highlights a growing rift over how to manage crowding at the state’s most popular national park sites.
After 175 years of displacement, the Southern Sierra Miwuk Nation has reacquired 900 acres south of Yosemite National Park.
Friends and family mourn the loss of Kellam Conover and Thomas Vialletet, who fell last week on New Zealand's highest (and deadliest) mountain.
Are foragers at a higher risk of getting lost than other outdoor enthusiasts?
The recent tragedy in Colorado wasn't an anomaly. From drowning in quarries to stumbling into open pits, hundreds have died in vacant mines across the United States since 2000.
An outfitter says Global Rescue is at fault for a recent death on a Himalayan peak. We asked experts to weigh in on the murky, high stakes world of alpine evacuation.
Gabrielle Suver of Clermont, Florida faces a long recovery and an uncertain future in her sport after becoming the victim of a hit-and-run.
The 47-year-old Utah woman was sentenced to one year of probation and a hefty payment of fines and restitution.
Melting glaciers across the Alps continue to reveal historic artifacts, missing remnants, and even human remains.
As the federal government reopens, a new survey shows that most Americans oppose the NPS staff cuts, removal of signs and placards inside parks, and the proposed $1 billion budget reduction to the NPS.
Researchers believe that melting ice and snow shifted the true summit of the iconic peak from a frozen ridge to a pile of rocks. The mountain, they say, has also lost elevation.
The incident occurred at Grand Canyon West, a private tourist destination located on the Hualapai Reservation.
We're talking a matter of inches, but it does appear that the state has a new 14,000-foot peak, Crestone East. How? Why? Did the mountain grow? Not exactly.
Irish alpinist George Ponsonby shares the inside scoop on his and James Price’s new 3,000-meter route in remote Pakistan.
Each bear sighting in Yellowstone National Park is about as valuable as the average movie ticket in the U.S. When accounting for all sightings, grizzly and black bears generate more than $16 million annually.
Barred owls are known to attack humans and outcompete other endangered owl species. Now, a new management strategy would involve culling more than 15,000 annually.
A helicopter attempting to evacuate tourists flipped over while trying to land on the world’s highest summit. Tropical cyclone Montha has brought heavy snowfall into the region, and officials have closed trekking routes around Everest and the surrounding peaks.
First ascensionist Adam Ondra and others share their thoughts on whether the Slovenian climber has made the first female 5.14d/9a flash or not.