A well-known and beloved Washington state teacher plummeted to his death just two miles into a planned solo backpack trek ...

Harris Levinson, a high school teacher from Washington state, fell 100 feet to his death into the North Fork of Lone Pine ...

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An island community in Washington is mourning the loss of a beloved former high school teacher who died one day into a trek ...

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These parks in Minnesota, Colorado, Florida and other states are too often overlooked by travelers. Here's why you should add ...

Perfect weather, stunning scenery, and more room to roam—here’s why spring and fall are the best times to visit.

The popular Yosemite National Park spot boasts hundreds of campsites under a “towering canopy of pine trees,” The Dyrt said.

On top of these crowds, the ticketed day-entry system to enter the park, the huge popularity of Yosemite’s campgrounds and ...

Whether you’re chasing sweeping mountain views, crystalline lakes, or the dense beauty of old-growth forests, these are 10 of ...

If your hiking trail has substantial elevation changes like these, then you absolutely need to have completed several similar ...

Yosemite's most underrated trail, like many of the park's most popular routes, gets its name from historical figures. Olmstead Point was named after landscape architects Frederick Law Olmsted and his ...