While Peter Hillary is one of the most celebrated adventurers on the planet in his own right, it was his father who set the ...

It is undisputed that wildlife populations in both Summit and Eagle Counties are in significant decline. Residential ...

For the first time in 40 years, Sugarbush Resort has a new lift ascending to the summit of Lincoln Peak, the Heaven's Gate Quad. Despite not being high-speed, the lift's efficient loading carpet ...

Straddling the border of Pakistan and China in the Karakoram mountain ... peak. "[I thought] we should turn around, because this is crazy. But again... we are looking up and we can see the summit ...

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“The American people have spoken.” Mr. Trump is at once a president at the absolute peak of his powers yet also closer to a lame-duck period than any newly inaugurated predecessor in the modern er ...

“It is a continental-size lake stored in the rocks at the top of the mountains, like a big water tower,” UO’s Leif Karlstrom, a co-author of the study, said in a press statement. “That ...

Researchers are revealing the secrets of 6,000-year-old pine forests, preserved in ice patches in the Beartooth Mountains. These ice forests are giving up ancient secrets about the past — and future — ...

The department anticipates a “double peak” traffic pattern and increased congestion after work hours as people head to the mountains for the weekend. “Motorists are strongly discouraged from ...

Whether it’s a wintry visit to a snow-covered ski resort or a summertime hike in an alpine park, a vacation in the mountains can be breathtaking. Literally.

But there are now signs that China’s thirst for crude is reaching a peak sooner than expected, a development that has sent shockwaves through the oil market. This week, China said its oil ...

Researchers used drone imagery to analyze the full scope of a massive, 3,000-year-old fortress in the Caucasus mountains. Digitally stitching together 11,000 images, they created a complete map of ...