Our writer stops by the Pangboche Monastery, a 600-year-old Sherpa religious center where Mount Everest climbers receive a blessing before their expeditions ...

The White House released its budget request for 2026, and the plan calls for the Park Service to hand over control of some ...

Ray Zahab and Kevin Vallely first tried to cross Ellesmere Island on foot in early 2022. After failure, a lymphoma diagnosis, ...

Charitable foundations that raise funds and organizer volunteers for the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and other U.S. National ...

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Environmental essayist Edward Abbey posited some prescient thoughts about the fate of Arches, where he was a ranger in the ...

It has inspired artists like Tahoe City–based painter Bryn Merrell and many others throughout history, including Yellowstone Bourbon, to pay homage to the park’s natural wonders. Established in 1872, ...

In the wake of the 2025 federal layoffs, Outdoorable offered to pay NPS rangers for their expertise. Now, dozens work as "trip therapists" for the fledgling travel-planning platform.

With several FKTs to her name, this Mountain Hardwear athlete has her sights set on a 2,650-mile challenge—the Pacific Crest ...

In his latest dispatch from the hike to Mount Everest Base Camp, the writer discusses how the booming tourism industry has ...

This is probably the most famous example of “biomimicry,” the imitation of nature’s strategies to solve human design ...

Guide-turned-artist Bryn Merrell joins a legacy of painters, photographers, poets, and other creatives who have been touched ...