“We’ve tried various (management) plans over the years” to curb crowd size, Yosemite National Park Service officials said, ...

The best way to experience the White Mountains’ Presidential Range is hiking between the Appalachian Mountain Club’s eight historic high-mountain huts. Connecting distances aren’t ridiculous—the ...

Hundreds of visitors have been gathering by Yosemite National Park’s El Capitan this month, hoping to catch a glimpse of the rare “firefall” effect — when a trick of light at sunset gives ...

COLUMN. Just about every day, protests are taking place against the brutality of the Trump administration's executive orders, a movement born on the fringes of the Democratic Party, or even at odds ...

The world has opened up again, and the virtual tours are still online, so those desiring to see the world can do so from ...

In videos reposted by the account, large groups of protesters can be seen marching, chanting and holding signs at Joshua Tree, Yosemite, Grand Canyon, Arches, Rocky Mountain, Yellowstone ...

The famously beautiful “firefall” in Yosemite National Park – an annual occurrence ... usually occurs in late February at Horsetail Fall on the eastern edge of El Capitan. The sun hits the waterfall ...

Anger over the cuts has prompted protests. On February 22, staffers at Yosemite National Park hung an upside-down American flag on the side of El Capitan, a world-famous rock climbing destination in ...

However over the last 50 years or so, flying the flag upside down has become a sign of protest. In the first well-documented instance, the US Supreme Court ruled in 1974 that a student had the right ...

A group of climbers, some who used to work for the Park Service, intended to raise awareness about how recent federal job cuts could threaten the country’s parks.