Tucked deep in the Blue Ridge, this hidden Virginia mountain town is a peaceful escape few locals even know exists.

Last October, I took a wrong turn off Route 311 and stumbled into Paint Bank, Virginia, a village so small my GPS gave up and suggested I just ask a local. That local turned out to be a friendly porch ...

Nature enthusiasts can have fun at any speed on Dollar Mountain, southern Oregon’s first year-round trail park designed and built from the ground up with paths optimized for hikers and cyclists, ...

A favorite Medford stretch in the Middlesex Fells is a magnet for adrenaline-seeking mountain bikers who don’t realize or care about the damage they cause. Phil Primack is a Medford-based freelance ...

DALLAS TWP. — A wind phone memorial dedicated to lost loved ones has been vandalized less than three weeks after it was dedicated along the Back Mountain Trail. Tara Yamelski of Shavertown dedicated ...

One of my biggest motivations for going on a hike is anticipating the view from the top. Not all trails guarantee a breathtaking overlook, but my favorite ones always do. There’s something inherently ...

CONCRETE, Wash. — A 63-year-old man died Saturday after falling from the Sauk Mountain Trail near Concrete, east of Mt. Vernon, according to the Skagit County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies were ...

A 63-year-old man suffered fatal injuries Saturday when he slipped off a popular trail in Skagit County and fell 200 to 250 feet, according to sheriff’s deputies. He was part of an eight-person group ...

Old Fall River Road remains closed to vehicles, with no reopening date announced. Visitors should be prepared for rapidly changing weather, despite a clear forecast in the coming days. Trail Ridge ...

Weather is again temporarily closing Trail Ridge Road, the popular road that runs through Rocky Mountain National Park in Northern Colorado. The road will close at Rainbow Curve on the east side and ...

From left: Back Mountain Trail Council head Mark Albrecht, Jerry and Tara Yamelski and their children, Jeff Lawson, Jennie Valick-Kopacz and Pastor Lynn Rothrock surround NEPA’s first wind phone on ...