Sam Cooper had just trekked 7 miles (11 kilometers) through a rain-sodden stretch of the Appalachian Trail when he sat down ...

At this little country store, hikers take on the half-gallon challenge. Those who finish are awarded a commemorative wooden ...

Baxter State Park officials believe Esther Keiderling, one of two hikers found dead near the northern terminus of the ...

Mount Katahdin is the highest mountain in Maine and the end of the Appalachian Trail. It sits in Baxter State Park and is ...

According to a video posted on Facebook by a family member, 58-year-old Tim Keiderling of Ulster Park, New York, and his ...

The Office of Chief Medical Examiners says Esther Keiderling died of blunt force trauma and Baxter State Park officials say she likely slipped on icy terrain during the descent.

Bend is the PNW's biggest little town. With a population of 100,000, it can be hard to see it as a mountain town—that is, until you really dive in and discover all that Bend and Mt. Bachelor have to ...

The parade will begin at the corner of Boltwood and Seaman Avenues and will conclude with a brief ceremony at Mountain View Cemetery ... with stops at Steamship Katahdin, Downtown Honor Roll ...

That’s just over the halfway point of Mount Katahdin, Maine’s highest point, with an elevation of 5,269 feet. “The higher summits of the White Mountains will probably be getting wintry ...

A British mountain guide has scaled Mount Everest Sunday for the 19th time, breaking his own record for the most ascents of the world's highest mountain by a non-Sherpa guide. Kenton Cool ...

SEATTLE — Mount St. Helens stood silent for over a century in Washington’s Cascade Range, but that all changed 45 years ago when the sleeping giant woke up and erupted into Pacific Northwest ...