Inexperience and weather were key factors in a climbing accident that killed three climbers and severely injured another in the North Cascades this spring.

The group of Seattle-area climbers who died May 10 while attempting to descend a climbing route in the North Cascades made a series of mistakes in the lead-up to the accident that resulted in the ...

Kayaking in Northern California ranges from estuaries to mountain lakes, the San Francisco Bay to the American Fork River. We ...

The survey asks about the types of activities the area should include, conservation effort priorities and how the city should ...

Hikers exploring the hidden waterfall corridor along the North Umpqua River in Oregon’s southern Cascade Mountains should ...

A new report released Monday detailed how bad weather, a time crunch and a series of compounding factors resulted in the ...

This is part of a new USA TODAY network project showcasing breathtaking -- and perhaps, underappreciated -- views throughout ...