From mighty rivers to high mountain peaks, most of the West Coast’s search-and-rescue programs rely entirely on volunteers.

Stunning, historic front-page coverage from The Oregonian reporters Les Zaitz and Steve Jenning reports the confusion and ...

The May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens in southern Washington claimed 57 lives and blasted the terrain of old-growth ...

Corenne Black, a ranger with the New York State Department of Conservation, has summited 1,000 peaks and is planning for more ...

This really will be your go-to list for all your adventurous things to do in Oregon! Not only are we pretty well versed with ...

An 800-mile adventure across the Nevada desert proves the new Colorado ZR2 knows few bounds. To adventure is the human ...

A Pacific Crest Trail Journey, Part 2. Sugar Foot, Take Five, Bad Sherpa, Mr. Clean, Resilience, All You Can Eat … and Matt?

An expert mountain guide has put four of his clients on top of Mount Everest less than a week after they left London, one of ...

May typically offers the most favorable conditions for ascending the peak. Climbers have a limited window of opportunity when weather permits a summit attempt. Mt. Everest recorded its first death ...

MANILA, Philippines — The list of Filipino mountaineers reaching the summit of Mt ... died in an attempt at Mt. Everest. The other Filipinos who made the peak were Erwin “Pastor” Emata ...

High-elevation snow isn’t unusual for the month of May. Nearly a foot of snow is possible for the peak of Mt. Hood this weekend. Snowy conditions will be found as low as 4,000′ by Sunday morning.