Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dec. 16—Washington residents are invited to celebrate the new year with Washington State Parks during the First Day Hikes events ...

Let's give those of you who are curious about the Mt. St. Helens Club, a sneak peek of what a hike with our group entails. At the meetup point, a lone hike leader arrives and surveils the skies to ...

Washington is renowned for its dramatic hiking experiences: alpine lakes framed by sky-high peaks, mossy forests, and panoramic views that show off the entire Pacific Coast. But while these bucket ...

Clifton Perkins had heard that the road to the Johnston Ridge Observatory was open, so he brought his family there from Puyallup, Wash., on Presidents' Day. When the family encountered a closed gate 9 ...

Every high peak has its own allure, its siren's call. Old Mount St. Helens beckoned generations of climbers with a symmetrical profile and cone of perpetual ice. The 9,677-foot volcano in the Cascades ...

Andy Goodwin recently stationed himself at the top of Mount St. Helens, where he usually spends several hours each week educating climbers about one of the Pacific Northwest’s most spectacular ...

Father and Son Tackle Mount St. Helens When Ed Brands watched in horror as Mount St. Helens erupted in May 1980, there was no way he could have known that one day he would climb the reconfigured ...