A hiker suffered a "badly broken body" after plunging off a "deceptive" cliff edge in Moab, Utah, during a family spring ...

Extreme heat has caused five deaths at national parks so far this year, according to the National Park Service. The deaths come as the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing the hottest summer on record.

On April 6 William Cooper Gatch, 23, was hiking on an unmarked trail in Sleeping Giant State Park in Connecticut with his ...

An avid New Jersey outdoor buff slipped off a trail and froze to death while hiking New York’s highest peak with her dog — after it took rescuers more than six hours to find her in bitter single-digit ...

Mt. Baldy’s Devil’s Backbone trail is closed after rescuers found three hikers dead Monday, including a 19-year-old who plunged 500 feet as fierce winds hampered rescue efforts, authorities said. The ...

A hiker was found dead after he soldiered on to climb the tallest mountain in the contiguous United States — while his partner turned back. The Inyo County Search and Rescue (SAR) team — a volunteer ...

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