The views are majestic from the area that's part of the White Mountain National Forest.

Past trips have included Moosehead Lake and Mount Kineo, and Attean Pond and Sally Mountain. Last year, Tunk Lake and Black Mountain, part of Donnell Pond Public Lands, was the choice.

The loop trail over 2,850-foot Caribou Mountain begins off Route 113, about 5 miles south of Gilead, and passes 25-foot Kees Falls on its way up, a lovely horsetail plunging into a swimming hole. The ...

As favorite hiking destinations in the North Cascades grew crowded, a voice in my head paraphrased a famous Horace Greeley axiom, telling me: "Go East, aging Baby Boomer." So I did, and discovered ...

Japanese climber Masatoshi Kuriaki is making his sixth attempt to become the first person to climb Alaska's Mount Hunter alone in the winter. He reportedly has enough supplies to stay on the ...

This is a tough story to tell. In 2019 the last of the mountain caribou in the lower 48 states disappeared. Extinct. Deforestation threatens those that are left. Professional Wildlife tracker and ...

Mountain Caribou's Ancient Ancestry Revealed Date: February 3, 2009 Source: University of Calgary Summary: The declining mountain caribou populations of Canada's southern Rockies are a more ...

SAVING THE MOUNTAIN CARIBOU . With heavily muscled bodies, skinny legs, and strong hooves that balloon to the size of dinner plates come winter, mountain caribou — the "mountain ecotype" of the ...

SAVING THE MOUNTAIN CARIBOU . With heavily muscled bodies, skinny legs, and strong hooves that balloon to the size of dinner plates come winter, mountain caribou — the "mountain ecotype" of the ...

Nearby in the Selkirk Mountains, which form Washington’s borders with Idaho and British Columbia, the southern-most herd of the mountain caribou is taking its last stand. With fewer than 15 animals ...