The degree of difficulty indisputably rises when you’re gardening on a slope (pardon the word play ... Granite stairs bordered by ferns are cut into the hillside. Photograph courtesy of Matthew ...

Most people can’t see the majority of Kootenai County’s hillsides from town, so the County Commission said it sees no need to stop people from building on steep slopes to protect the views.

Many of the poor of Caracas, Venezuela live on steep hills ... they're using those slopes to grow fruit and vegetables. And next we visit a Venezuelan hillside. Political and economic chaos ...

On a forested hillside above Newport Way in Issaquah last month, trails advocate Dave Kappler bushwhacked across a steep, slippery slope with several neighbors, using hiking poles for balance.