Think our national parks are only good for hiking and scenic drives? Think again, says our national parks columnist.

From the granite heights in Yosemite to the meandering river canyons in Zion, these hiking trails in America showcase the ...

Enjoy fantastic activities and adventures with these day trips from Los Angeles, within a one, two and three-hour drive.

Summer camp season is right around the corner. But kids shouldn’t be the only ones to have all the fun. This year, it’s your ...

If you get a slight chill, and thrill, when thinking of tubing near Big Bear Lake, and the idea has you reaching for your ...

Big Bear’s popular snow tubing hills are offering the same gravity-powered thrill this summer minus the snow. Summer Tubing at Big Bear Snow Play is now open, turning the popular winter recreation ...

Named in honor of Kris Fowler and David O’Sullivan, a pair of hikers who went missing on the Pacific Crest Trail, the ...

The collapse of the world’s second-largest ice sheet would drown cities worldwide. Is that ice more vulnerable than we know?

The wind, having tumbled down 4,000 feet of elevation from the domed summit of the ice sheet hundreds of miles to the west, ...

Canada is playing host to more than a dozen world leaders at the G7 Leaders’ Summit, taking place in Kananaskis, Alta. The ...

Pressing my bare foot against the gas pedal to give my car enough oomph to climb up and out of Yosemite Valley, the last embers of color from a stunning sunset faded to black as I began a nine-hour ...

Seniors Gian DiMaria of Faulkton Area, Max Kulesa of Ipswich, Noah Kippley of Leola-Frederick Area, Dallas Stoltenberg of Northwestern and Drew Bakeberg of Warner; juniors Kassen Keough of ...