Visitors can also spend time beyond the city limits to indulge in outdoor adventure in the Rocky Mountains. Go ice skating in downtown Calgary at Olympic Plaza, originally built for the 1988 ...
Rocky Mountain National Park is home to herds of elk and bighorn sheep, but it also has a population of mountain lions and black bears. Although attacks are very rare, the National Park Service ...
In the mid-1800s, the U.S. Department of the Interior began the “great surveys” to map the vast, uncharted land of the West, especially the Rocky Mountains. Led by Ferdinand Hayden — along with ...
All these years later, the Rocky Mountains continue to be a hub for incredible discoveries. The Rocky Mountains National Park has seen new lizard species, Clovis Projectile points, and so many ...
Photographs selected by Quentin Nardi Text by Tracy Scott Forson Spanning states and countries, the Rocky Mountain range is among the world’s most diverse. A variety of flora, fauna, climates ...
Officials at Rocky Mountain National Park are offering free avalanche training to members of the public after a deadly few days in the mountains. The Colorado park is teaching visitors vital survival ...
Melting alpine ice in the Rocky Mountains has led to the discovery of a 5,900-year-old whitebark pine forest. Over 30 trees are estimated to have been found by scientists during an archaeological ...