Author Russell Dunn is always saddened whenever he hears of tragedies like the one on Tuesday in which a 23-year-old Dutchess County woman fell 180 feet in an unmarked section of the Kaaterskill Falls ...

Laughter turned to shrieks as torrents of whitewater lashed the hikers. Bare-chested men squealed like little children. Hairdos were wrecked, clothing drenched. Welcome to Yosemite's newest water ...

PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST, N.C. (AP) - Shannon Ropp got the ride of her life as she was moved up and down the slick and swift-moving cascade below Cove Creek Falls. But it’s not one she ever wants to ...

Don’t go chasing waterfalls, especially this one. Northern California’s Mossbrae Falls has adventure seekers risking arrest — and their lives — just to get a glimpse of it. Fed from glaciers on Mount ...

ELK PARK – The sign greeting visitors to Elk River Falls in Avery County is quite clear: “DANGER: These falls have claimed over a dozen lives.” At the easily accessible top of the falls, laminated ...

AVERY COUNTY, N.C. -- Authorities are reminding waterfall visitors to be careful after two people died there in 2018. The Elk River Falls are known to be one of the most dangerous waterfalls in the ...

One of the state’s most breathtaking geologic wonders will make its television debut Thursday night during a half-hour special of the show "Oregon Field Guide." “Discovering Valhalla: Oregon’s Hidden ...

I’m hunting for a mysterious waterfall. The last time I went waterfall hunting, I mountain-biked along Black Star Canyon Road for several miles. Then I hiked through poison oak, scrambled over ...

Every summer, Australians look for ways to cool down. Millions of us head to the beach. Those inland head for rivers, waterholes and waterfalls. But cooling off comes with risks, from dangerous rips ...

PISGAH NATIONAL FOREST — Shannon Ropp got the ride of her life as she was moved up and down the slick and swift-moving cascade below Cove Creek Falls. But it’s not one she ever wants to take again.