It’s only October, but the first snow on Mt. LeConte has fallen and has made the Great Smoky Mountains look like a winter wonderland.

Whether you’re a fan of hiking, skiing, snowboarding, or snowshoeing, it’s essential to know how to predict an avalanche. 

Tired of long lift lines, crowded trails, and mediocre powder conditions? Perhaps heli-skiing is for you. Heli-skiing is an extreme sport that involves skiing or snowboarding in remote, backcountry areas accessed by helicopter.   If you’ve never been heli-skiing, here’s what to expect. First, you journey in a small helicopter with room for around six people. [...]

Fat Bear Week started on Wednesday, October 4, and we can’t wait to find out which bear will be crowned the Fattest Bear by the public. The National Park Service says that Fat Bear Week celebrates the success and survival of the brown bear population. But how do fat bears get so fat anyway? Brown [...]

There’s good news if you’re a winter hiking or skiing fan. The colder temperatures are coming. Here are a few early signs.

You’ll probably need some warm, waterproof clothes to enjoy Voyageurs National Park, but it’s worth a stop.

Rocky Mountain National Park is the fourth most popular U.S. National Park. Here are five facts that will make you want to visit.

Before Bear Grylls could teach celebrities like Bradley Cooper, Rita Ora, and Benedict Cumberbatch how to survive in the wild (see Running Wild), he had a lot of practice surviving on his own in many difficult places on the planet.  Despite many of his adventures being planned to some degree for TV, Bear had a [...]

The National Park Service is hiring high-altitude park rangers to patrol the highest peak in North America.

If you’re a fan of skiing, you don’t have to let the summer months bring you down. Some ski resorts are offering summer skiing.