Mountaineer Jim Morrison hopped left on his skis, sending trickles of snow down a sheer gully on the North Face of Mount Everest, then he hopped to the right, his breath heavy in the oxygen-thin air.

Mt. Rainier National Park is one of the best locations to view the iconic wildlife of the American Pacific Northwest.

Enjoy the view of a freshly snow-capped Mount Rainier, showing off amid the autumn colors. Andrew stripped of 'prince' title ...

Few Seattle University alums have reached the heights that Jim Whittaker did—literally. On May 1, 1963, Whittaker, ’52, along with Sherpa Nawang Gombu, became the first American to summit Mount ...

Jornet, one of the world’s most accomplished mountaineers and a former record-holder in Alaska’s Mount Marathon race, did ...

American Cruise Lines will launch a new 15-day itinerary visiting Washington’s Mount Rainier, Olympic and North Cascades ...

Kilian Jornet wanted to summit 72 of the tallest peaks in the contiguous United States. He gave himself a month to do it.

On Friday, October 4, Kilian Jornet topped out on Mount Rainier, marking the successful completion of his States of Elevation project. The Spanish mountaineer and ultrarunner has climbed all 72 ...

Kilian Jornet climbed Mount Shasta on September 30, the 71st 14,000'er of his States of Altitude project. Since then, he has cycled 788km in three days across California, Oregon, and Washington to the ...

MT. RAINIER, Wash. — Heavy smoke from the nearby Wildcat Fire in the Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest is affecting Mount Rainier National Park, leading to hazardous air quality and ash settling ...

If you’re reading this, you probably know who Kilian Jornet is. But for anyone shrugging at the back, he’s basically the Tom Cruise of the outdoor world – a superstar who does all his own stunts and ...

On July 8, Mount Rainier began to stir. Seismic activity occurs at all of the Pacific Northwest’s Cascade Volcanoes to some extent, but this time was different. What began as a few faint tremors soon ...