Alaska is home to some of the most stunning geography in the U.S., boasting 17 of the nation's 20 highest peaks, as well as the Tongass National Forest, which is the largest in the country. The state contains more untouched land than anywhere else in the U.S. ...
That has drivenoverall levelsofrespiratory illnessto "very high" levels for the first time this season, despite a smaller and now-decreasing wave of COVID-19 in recent months. Other influenza metrics are also far above recent peaks nationwide, includingin emergency roomsand from testing ...
Mount Everest is surrounded by a number of substantial peaks, including Lhotse (27,940 feet, or 8,516 m), Nuptse (25,791 feet, or 7,861 m) and Changtse (24,803 feet, or 7,560 m), according toBritannica. Those higher altitudes cannot support animal life or vegetation. However, birch...
Most notable are the Adirondack Mountains, home to hiking at the state's highest peaks and family-oriented ski resorts. The Adirondack Park encompasses 6 million acres, with 30,000 rivers and streams, as well as 3,000 lakes and ponds. Mount Marcy, at 5,344 feet, is the state’s ...
The path of this new highway roughly parallels the famous “Devil’s Backbone”, a narrow road that earned its nickname from the way it follows the precarious ridge crest of the jagged peaks of the Sierra Madre Occidental mountains.
Wrangell-St. Elias is also home to the nation’s largest glacial system, nine of the 16 highest US peaks, North America’s largest piedmont glacier and longest tidewater glacier and the world’s longest interior valley glacier. More than 25% of Wrangell-St. Elias is covered by glaciers, wh...
The success of the route also owes as much to the construction of the numerous tunnels that punch through dozens of towering peaks that blocked the highway’s path. One of the more impressive of these tunnels leads to the east end of the Siduhe bridge and makes for one of the world’s...
June 24, 2015 – Given that Colorado has been home to generations of serious climbers, it’s hardly surprising that very few unclimbed peaks are left in the state. The ones that remain are remote, chossy, or unprotectable—sometimes all three. Peak 9,854, a 60-foot “upside-down bowling...
Despite this, the Fed has maintained the most aggressive consecutive hike in interest rates since the 1980s, which featured even higher inflation rates. Although inflation has relatively decreased since its meteoric peaks in the past three years, the Fed is committed to bringing it all th...
Dominated by the stunning peaks of Bald Mountain and Dollar Mountain, Ketchum's surrounding winter landscape is a snow globe-like wonderland of rolling hills, dense evergreens, and stark white aspen. World-class skiing has brought the crowds for decades, but Ketchum and neighboring Sun Valley als...