When I first heard that a 7.5‑acre amusement park had sprouted up in the middle of Arizona’s desert, I pictured a tiny oasis ...

Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Munising features dramatic ice formations like The Curtains and Dryer Hose, where ...

On a trip to Wyoming, a novice learns to climb a frozen waterfall, an activity that takes focus, fearlessness and a good ice ax.

Shelly Keller was nearly to the top of a 100-foot ice wall on Jan. 17 when her stomach dropped, her head started spinning and her vision narrowed. She was experiencing “the screaming barfies” — a ...

As I inched up a frozen waterfall on the outskirts of Yellowstone National Park, kicking my crampon spikes into milky columns of ice and swinging an ax above my head, I heard just one thing over my ...

WINONA, Min. (WEAU) - Climbers from near and far gear up before they head up the trails for the third annual Winona Ice Climbing Festival. The Winona Ice Fest is a collaborative event between the City ...

LA CROSSE (WKBT) -- Ice climbers of all ages and experience levels scaled walls of ice for the 3rd Annual Winona Ice Climbing Festival. The festival is hosted at the Winona Ice Park from January 29 to ...

Unusually warm weather in the Rocky Mountains has meant the Ouray Ice Park in Colorado has been bare rock. Now that freezing ...

I live smack dab in the middle of an ordinary block in Minneapolis. I borrow occasional eggs or vanilla from the neighbor on my right when I get caught short baking. My partner shovels our elderly ...

On a brisk January day with wind chills plunging to minus 25 degrees, Paul “Blade” Bloedorn stood out on nearly 2 feet of ice on Lake Michigan’s Little Bay de Noc. Last weekend, more than 400 shacks ...