A plan by a nonprofit group to build a zip line in the Shoshone National Forest just east of Yellowstone National Park would not create a significant environmental impact, according to a new report by the U.S. Forest Service. The report suggests the plan may gain final approval as early as the end of the [ more... ]

As part of a $70 million multiyear expansion Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadows are getting significant upgrades. While the headline news is about a high-speed, six-passenger chairlift at Squaw to replace the High Camp Chair (and a mile-long terrain park at Alpine Meadows), the less-hyped but bigger deal is that both mountains invested hugely in [ more... ]

Every time I read about Ueli Steck or see a video he’s in, he’s managed some brand new and impossible feat. This time he linked up three classic European mountains by climbing to the summit and then paragliding to the next. His August 18th started at 3am with a summit on Jungrau than a glide [ more... ]

Setting out last Friday, Tim Bailey had planned a three-day solo hike in Olympic National Park. But things didn’t go according to plan. On Sunday, closing the loop back toward his car, he stumbled and fell 150 feet along one of the tributaries of the North Fork of the Sol Duc River, breaking his ankle on the [ more... ]

Episode 11 of On the Road with Solitaire finds our heroes in the backcountry of Termas de Chillan for a month at basecamp where they finally catch some decent luck and get to ski a bit between scarfing down cheese and sausage. There’s one more episode left in the series, which has been an incredible body of work from this two-year expedition. Episode 12 is “Coming August 23″ according to the end of this video…so I’m sure it won’t be too long.

It’s probable that Nicholas “Dane” Sterba, a certified American Mountain Guide Association single-pitch climbing instructor, is going to survive his fall off an Acadia wall called Central Slabs. He was on rappel when something went very wrong. At 9:30 Wednesday morning park rangers responded to the site and found Sterba at the base of the [ more... ]

The man who heaped more press coverage on the Appalachian Trail than any other human being has announced that he plans to marry his mistress. This is the woman Mark Sanford was off visiting when his wife famously explained his mysterious absence by saying he was “hiking the Appalachian Trail.” True love prevails; I hope [ more... ]

The Recreational Trails Program, the federal assistance program that helps states pay for development and maintenance of recreational trails, won’t be cut from budgets for 2013 and 2014, after congressional backers announced it will be retained as part of a larger transportation law. The Recreational Trails Program includes trails for both motorized and non-motorized use, [ more... ]

What does this winter have in store, in general, for your general geographic region? If you’re a skier in the West and you believe the Farmer’s Almanac, the outlook is not so hopeful, but maybe a little better than last year. The Almanac says it will be another warm and dry year west of the [ more... ]

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