Led by Purdue student Yasmin Pirbhai, 10 students set on a journey to climb Mount Kilimanjaro and did it successfully.

Kicking Horse Mountain Resort in Golden, British Columbia, is known for some of the most challenging ski terrain and vertical in North America. Fittingly, this is also home to one of the toughest Via ...

The Sierra Nevada Mountains stretch out before you like a crumpled blanket of green and gray, their peaks playing hide-and-seek with wispy clouds. It’s the kind of view that makes you want to break ...

President Donald Trump ordered that the highest mountain in the United States be called by a different name, but climbers ...

The creation of a mountain bike skills course on the outskirts of Challis advanced another step earlier this month.

A hunt for mountain lions along the Gila River in New Mexico led the hunter, Charles Elliott, and his guide on a chase ...

In my column in the Jan. 23 edition of The Independent, I wrote about the many features in the EXPLORE Act, a single piece of ...

Parks and hiking trails in Catawba, Burke and McDowell counties are still being repaired four months after Hurricane Helene ...

When Bob Kamm turned 65, he set a goal: to hike Valencia Peak 1,000 times before he turned 80. The Los Osos resident achieved that goal on Jan. 21 — three years ahead of schedule and despite a battle ...

make the entire mountain resemble a natural ecological paradise. It’s a great place for the general public to enjoy outdoor leisure time and bask in the beauty of nature. Along the trail there are ...

Campbell’s Kamai Lei Ringor rebounded, but her layup shot in traffic also rimmed out. Mililani’s Autumn Lagafuaina rebounded and was fouled with 4.7 seconds left. She missed both free throws ...

The Little Mountain fire erupted Wednesday in San Bernardino County. (San Bernardino County Fire Protection District) ‘To call this a crime of violence is quite the understatement’: Judge ...