From October to March, the first sunlight in the United States lands on Cadillac Mountain. Running Acadia at first light, from granite summit to iron...

The Wonderland Trail exists to circle one fact: Mount Rainier is a volcano. Ninety-three miles around 26 named glaciers and the highest peak in the...

The alarm goes off at 2:30 a.m. in Estes Park. Nine miles and 5,100 feet to the summit of Longs Peak, and the lightning does...

Most mountain ranges give you foothills first. The Tetons do not. Running Cascade Canyon beneath a wall of granite that rises 7,000 feet in six...

You carry bear spray from the moment you step out at Logan Pass. Running Glacier's Highline Trail along the Garden Wall, through the heart of...

The trail up Half Dome begins in shadow at Happy Isles. A vertical mile, the cables, and the view from above Yosemite Valley.

The South Kaibab drops 4,780 feet to the Colorado River in under seven miles. In the Grand Canyon, the descent is the easy part. Here...

The highway couldn't follow this stretch of California coast. The terrain was too steep, the cliffs too unstable. So they built the road inland and...

Road runners look at where their feet are. Trail runners look at where their feet are going to be. The skill that separates them is...

The red rocks of Sedona hold heat from the day before. Run them at first light, when the temperature is still in the fifties and...

Twenty-six miles from the Pacific Coast Highway, Malibu Creek State Park holds 4,000 acres of California chaparral, volcanic rock, creek crossings, and a trail system...

The Columbia River Gorge holds more waterfalls per square mile than anywhere in North America. In spring, the basalt walls run with snowmelt and the...