I was surprised to see that Mountain Xpress hasn’t published any follow-up coverage since posting Buncombe County’s press release about the closure of the Swannanoa Library on Feb.13. I hope ...

The assertion that the role apex predators play in an ecosystem justifies banning mountain lion hunting oversimplifies predator-prey relationships, particularly in human-altered landscapes. Without ...

T he general manager of Black Mountain in New Hampshire has released a heartfelt letter to the community after a skier died in an accident on April 20, 2025.

Letter: Denali isn’t just our mountain. By Clarence Crawford. Published: January 7, 2025. I appreciated Rick Sinnott’s rebuttal of Jim Lieb’s claims about President McKinley and the proposed ...

San Diego State did something out of character Monday: It released the letter exchange between President Adela de la Torre and the Mountain West about SDSU’s potential departure from the ...

The article on the redevelopment of Afton Mountain was very disturbing. Describing the property as a “15-acre blight” and an “eyesore” is a road often traveled by a society that deems ...

A Love Letter to the ‘Best Mountain Range on Earth’ In his new book, Kim Stanley Robinson grounds himself firmly on Earth and explores the beauty of the High Sierra mountains. By Verlyn ...

A mountain lion was killed after it attacked a 5-year-old child. That we “had no choice” but to kill an animal that did nothing but exist in the only way it knows how is a condemnation of ...

Protecting mountain lions is a bad idea. I talk to mountain runners, hikers and mountain bikers, and one of their biggest fears is mountain lions. Having encountered one myself is really scary. ...

The 10th Mountain Division couldn’t have been far from Morrison’s mind – he incorporated the family farm as Riva Ridge Farm, Inc., and the license plate on his car read X-MTN.

A love letter to Arabia Mountain "At the top of the mountain, you can always find a quiet spot to look at the sky and the treetops and think in peace." By. Shaun Raviv-November 14, 2022.