Five minutes after squeezing into the Cessna 206 with three other giddy passengers, the blue-and-white six-seater zipped across the gravel runway and rose into an overcast sky, veering west for the ...

And so, in the kind of random act that so often accompanies the colonial naming of geographic “discoveries,” Dickey and his comrades decided to bestow the name McKinley upon the huge peak. It caught ...

Not because I didn’t enjoy the thrill and convenience of flying in a bush plane—I did—but because the bumpy Alaskan air on the mild July afternoon bullied us from the jump. “They don’t ...

Travelling in Alaska — the US’s final frontier — can feel like jumping through a wormhole. Time here is marked not by the ...

I've hiked Big Bend National Park, ridden a mule down the Grand Canyon and paddled a kayak at Glacier National Park. I'm ...

Mostly sunny with a high of 24 °F (-4.4 °C). Winds NNW at 8 mph (12.9 kph). Night - Mostly clear with a 37% chance of precipitation. Winds variable at 4 to 7 mph (6.4 to 11.3 kph). The overnight ...

Trump administration cutbacks at parks and the Forest Service affect all Americans.

AN OLD Airbus plane has been converted into a swish holiday rental – and you can stay the night for just £50. The Airbus A320 ...

Federal workers looking for private-sector jobs could face a tough transition amid economic uncertainty and a drop in ...