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KETCHUM, Idaho — This summer marked ten years since a slice of solitude became a protected wilderness area. Conservationists, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson and many other advocates fought for decades ...

Garrett Cammans and his brothers sometimes don't talk about their toughest moments on the job in the cloud seeding business, like the time when one of them got stuck in deep mountain snow and had to ...

Find peace among golden hills, quiet cabins, and mirrored lakes as New Hampshire’s White Mountains glow with fall color and ...

In the Dolomites, mountaineering legend Reinhold Messner has turned his life story into a collection of high-altitude museums ...

Sunday will feature lots of clouds, a few breaks of sun and additional spotty showers in northern areas. Highs will be stuck in the 40s for most towns. More mountain snowflakes are possible, ...

Lyons, Colo. • Garrett Cammans and his brothers sometimes don’t talk about their toughest moments on the job in the cloud seeding business, like the time when one of them got stuck in deep mountain ...

Sunday will feature lots of clouds, a few breaks of sun and additional spotty showers in northern areas. More mountain snowflakes are possible, especially for the northern Green Mountains and White ...

Not even a solid black mountain range stretching 51 feet in the air and a pile of flat, oddly bending clouds can steal the attention of harried congressional staffers. They walk by the 38-ton ...