More than four million visitors make the journey each year. They come for the peaks. The wildlife. The thin mountain air that ...

Joey Klein has always loved two things: riding bikes and the mountains. While living in Summit County, Klein was able to ...

Only a small percentage of lifts were open and snow depths were well below average at Lake Tahoe resorts, just one example of ...

When Rocky Balboa opted for the isolation and desolation of frigid Siberia while training for his revenge fight with the ...

Will people continue to hike and bike the Arizona Trail? Extreme weather and land use challenges may test the limits.

When the northern mountains lock up under snow and the daylight disappears before you finish work, winter riding becomes less about chasing hero dirt and more about finding places where the trails ...

In a sport dominated by men, Kristal Puente is carving out her own place, not just as a bull rider, but as one of the few women organizing rodeo events on the Navajo Nation. Photo: Ziyi Xu, Rocky ...

Stretching from Canada to New Mexico, the Rocky Mountains shape weather patterns, wildlife habitats, and human history across North America. This video explores how the range formed, the dramatic ...

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research (2025). DOI: 10.1080/15230430.2025.2570526 A new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder carries a warning for one of the Rocky Mountains' most iconic ...

On the side of a valley in the Carpathian foothills, a swallow makes silent fighter-plane loops above an ageing cottage. Spring has reached central Romania. The little dwelling is half-hidden by pear ...

Looking to escape? Here are two recent trips local readers took to Egypt and Colorado. Check them out, then find more reader travel inspiration at www.mercurynews.com ...

EXCLUSIVE: In October 2012, Byron Griffy, a respected mortician, was found dead on his remote ranch, shot execution-style. At first, it looked like a robbery gone wrong. But as detectives dug deeper, ...