The blue of its feathers stood out even against the blue of the pre-dawn light. It was a male mountain bluebird, of course, ...

The Golden State might have more campgrounds than any other in the U.S.—and more visitors, too. From desert to coast to ...

Up the road I found another burst of snow falling around a quintet of geese wandering around on a still-frozen slough and a rough-legged hawk perched on an aspen ... of a spruce tree and watched ...

Aspen, Colorado — With snow piled three feet on either side of ... Overhead are more buttons and switches to manage the aforementioned off-road tools as well as external add-ons like winches ...

The aspen tree glades are legendary, and the snow is so good that they trademarked it ... alongside the coziest mid-mountain lodge you’ll ever meet. Further up the road is Mt. Hood Meadows, where ...

Winter has turned Edith Lake just outside the Canadian town of Jasper into a pale sheet of turquoise. Across the icy surface on the ­opposite shore, log cabins hunker among spruce and pine trees, ...

A few years later, the Oculis Lodge finally exists IRL...sorta. There’s a single off-white dome down a dirt road in the town ...

The region’s forests are adapted to fire. It’s a natural and necessary part of the ecosystem. Today’s megafires, though, burn ...

Was there a better way to spend the past decade than on a maddening, deadly, brain-scrambling search for gold hidden somewhere in the American West?

Many of the best places to camp in Colorado are near hiking trails, lakes, and scenic overlooks. Wildlife is common, so be ...