The woman’s call came around 7:20 p.m. last Sunday. Her husband and his 12-year-old son had gone hiking on the Red Mountain trail in southern Utah. She began to worry after the pair failed to ...

Are you daydreaming of a vacation that's equal parts adventurous and restorative? Come to Nagano! In this stunning pocket of Japan, your days are spent under the spell of majestic mountains, and your ...

With hiking growing in popularity ... is on the border of Yamanashi and Nagano prefectures. The road had been in disrepair and the trail was hardly used, but local mountain guides planned to revive it ...

The air is crisp, the snow deep and undisturbed. The Japanese Alps tower around us, beckoning us to their slopes. In central Japan, just under two hours from Tokyo by bullet train, Nagano is known ...

The section of the Nakasendo road of the Gifu prefecture ends at Magome, but just over the border in the Nagano prefecture is the pristinely preserved town of Tsumago. Cars are prohibited along ...