Scale El Capitan From Your Couch Using Google Street View
The latest expansion of the Maps project takes users up Yosemite’s iconic climb
Most Mountains Don’t Come With Pointy Peaks
Some mountains actually get wider as you go up
When Colorado Was (And in Many Ways Still Is) the Switzerland of America
A hundred years ago, city slickers looking for wild times in Rocky Mountain National Park invented a new kind of American vacation
Why the Best Way to See Iceland Is by Horse
The country’s landscape is surreal and one-of-a-kind—so is a ride on the Icelandic equine
The Nepal Earthquake Made Mt. Everest an Inch Shorter
Satellite data gives the first results for the way the land moved during the quake
“Look Ma, No Hands!” A Rock Climber Scales Cliffs Without Using His Hands
Famous British rock climber Johnny Dawes puts a twist on his sport
Mountaineers Are Taking a New Route Up Everest
They’ll forge their path sans sherpas or oxygen tanks
Why the World Needs to Go to Great Heights to Save Mountain Habitats
After 30 years working in mountain regions, Jack Ives argues that the world’s elevated habitats are essential
Best Places to See Nature After Dark
The sun may power most of our world—but some things come alive only at night
The Beautiful Canadian Rockies Shine in the Photography of Chris Burkard
Known for his work with surfers, Burkard traveled to a much colder climate to immerse himself in a new world
Everest Climbers Now Prohibited From Taking One Deadly Route
Nepal announces that the Khumbu Icefall, where 16 sherpa were killed last year, is now off-limits
Two Climbers Made It Up El Capitan Via an Impossibly Vertical Wall
It took just three weeks for Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgensen to make free-climbing history
Two Climbers Are Free-Climbing One of Yosemite’s Hardest Routes
Two athletes are halfway through an impressive 32-pitch climb up El Capitan’s Dawn Wall
The Deadly Dilemma Facing Romania’s Brown Bears
Around the Carpathian Mountains, frustrated farmers and high-paying sport hunters are helping to set the highest bear hunting quotas yet allowed
How One Crop Allowed Humans to Conquer the Himalaya
Hardy barley enabled us to survive at altitudes that were previously beyond reach
San Gabriel Mountains Designated A National Monument
President Obama grants federal protection to half of the California mountain range
The Real Cougars of Malibu Have Lives Full of Murder, Bad Sex and Poison
But a simple bridge over the freeway could help save the charismatic big cats
Guadalupe Mountains Wilderness
Exposed fossil reef, rough hiking and extreme weather
This 71-Year-Old Just Set a Record With His 1,673th Ascent of Mt. Fuji
The mountaineer says that now he’s ready to tackle Everest
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