Caves are some of the most thrilling — and horrifying — places to explore. Over spring break in 2025, my husband and I took our then 6-year-old son to explore Crystal Cave in Kutztown, Pennsylvania.

There's room for two contraptions to pull riders up the east face of Lookout Mountain, according to Rock City and CARTA, which owns the Incline Railway. Daniel Dassow is a business reporter for the ...

When it comes to downhill skiing, the Hudson Valley was never Sun Valley. But for a time, in the 1950s through the 1980s, the lower Valley boasted several mom-and-pop ski centers that offered many ...

The historic incline railway on Lookout Mountain is expected to remain closed through the winter, with hopes of reopening by ...

GOLDEN, Colo. — Colorado’s Division of Youth Services (DYS) has reopened portions of the Lookout Mountain Youth Services Center in Golden, just two months after transferring out all youth and most ...

There are some pockets of the world that are so stunning, they look like they were torn from a fairytale book. And truly, Rock City in Lookout Mountain, Georgia is one of those places. The natural ...

More chairlifts will start spinning in North Idaho this weekend. Lookout Pass Ski Area, on the Montana-Idaho border announced that it would open Friday, with two lifts running. Silver Mountain Resort ...

A trip to the mountains is a delight all year. But for maximum comfort and relaxation, the hilltops call loudest during autumn and winter. Watch the leaves change, the snow fall and the nights ...

I keep a list of “hikes to do” on my desk, written on a fading sticky note. Taped down at the corners, it’s been there long enough that it feels like a permanent fixture among my work supplies. It ...

Albert Kekua “Pepito” Makuaole (1925-2007), of Kauai, one of the greatest mountain men of his time, a man who knew every trail from Makaweli Valley to the top of Mt. Waialeale, was the son of Kekua ...

BUTTE MEADOWS — More than half of Ken Jordan’s life has been spent 40 feet up in a wildfire lookout tower, watching over the mountain communities of Butte Meadows and Jonesville, as well as the ...