Our first reader submitted story. Comes from Joe who was hiking in the Columbia River Gorge on the Ruckle Ridge trail.

Joe and a group of friends went hiking in snow-covered Ruckle Ridge. At about 3,200 feet, Joe slipped and dislocated his shoulder. Only four miles from his car, it took him 5 hours to get [...]

Search and Rescue teams in Yosemite National Park have responded to 90 calls this year already. Just this week on June 13, an injured climber was rescued from Middle Cathedral Rock. A 12-person rescue team was dispatched to the scene (below: photo by David Pope).

Check out the 4-wheelin’ gurney.

Visit the Friends of Yosemite Search and [...]

Details are coming in regarding the 71-year-old climber who died on Moonlight Ridge in Needles, South Dakota.

The victim, Paul A. Duval, borrowed rope that was marked differently than his usual rope. There was more rope than he thought and he rappelled into the ground.

Duval fell to the ground and rescue members tried to resuscitate him, [...]

Not to my surprise, the 9 teenagers and 2 guides lost in the Sierras were found. It actually seems like they were never lost. The group hiked to a store at Florence Lake and made a phone call to the Outward Bound headquarters.

Everyone in the group is reported to be OK.

Don’t think I’m disappointed [...]

His name is Billy Goat. He’s hiked 32,000 miles over the 69 years he’s been on this planet. By the time he’s 80, he wants to have 50,000 miles under his belt.

Ten months out of the year is spent outdoors, most of that time on the PCT. The LA Times did a pretty thorough story [...]

A 16-year-old girl slipped on snow and tumbled 300 feet during a climb up Teewinot Mountain in Grand Teton National Park. The accident happened at 11,000 feet.

The girl, who was accompanied by two other climbers, injured her hip, elbow and ankle. Rescuers used a helicopter to pluck the girl off the side of the mountain. [...]

A 71-year-old man died rappelling north of Needles Eye in Custer State Park Tuesday afternoon. The man reportedly fell 25 to 30 feet around 2 p.m. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Other climbers said the man climbed almost every day and much of his climbing time was spent in Needles.

At 71, the man [...]

Watch your footing. A couple of Canyonlands visitors fell to their deaths in the Utah national park.

On June 17, a park ranger checked an unattended vehicle near the Orange Cliffs overlook. The ranger found the 73-year-old driver from Bristow, Virginia dead at the bottom of a 70- to 80-foot cliff below the overlook. The investigation [...]

A hiker and climber were injured and rescued over the weekend during separate day trips through Black Canyon in Gunnison National Park.

A 62-year-old woman fell 30 feet while hiking the Gunnison Route – supposedly the “easiest” route on the South Rim of the canyon. This “easy” route is filled with rocky, strenuous and some steep [...]

Search and Rescue personnel from the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office are searching for two adults and nine teenagers lost near Courtwright Reservoir in the Sierra National Forest.

The group – made of two 30-year-old guides and teenagers between 13 and 16 years old – is part of Outward Bound, a non-profit educational organization that uses the [...]