You do not have to climb Mount Fuji to appreciate it. Often it shows up when you least expect it, across a lake, above a town, or framed by a passing train window. Japan has many places where Fuji ...

Before trailblazing Japanese photographer George Masa captured the beauty of the Great Smoky Mountains, where did his love of the mountains originate?

The southern portion of the Japanese Alps also stretches into Shizuoka prefecture. Today more than ten percent of the land in ...

In 1986, a group of 20 (including 15 high-school students) set out to hike Oregon's Mt. Hood. The hike would end in disaster, with a PEOPLE article detailing what happened.

Over Christmas, our family spent the week in Puerto Rico. We are not, normally, a “spend a week in Puerto Rico”-type family. We are, vacation-wise, a “spend a long weekend in the Wisconsin Dells”-type ...

This is the dramatic moment a rescue team carries an injured Chinese student down Mount Fuji during a winter hiking ban in Japan. Footage shows emergency responders transporting the 20-year-old hiker ...

Extreme weather phenomena and global warming are making some trails unsafe, while excessive visitor numbers are damaging local environments. View on euronews ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — As winter weather made its way south on Thursday, snowy and icy conditions forced a ground stop at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport for several hours, leading to many ...

"There's no doubt about it." Officials announce troubling reason behind abrupt closure of dozens of hiking trails: 'Never ...

Climbing Mount Vinson in Antarctica, part of the world's Seven Summits, is a goal for the most intrepid adventurer.