Snowriders descend on Oregon’s Mount Bachelor for early-season turns BEND, Ore. (AP) – When the snow piles up, they come in large numbers – and they come early. “I heard one guy say he got there at 4 ...

Note: This is the fourth in a series of six Guest Opinions commemorating the Craters of the Moon National Monument Centennial. While southern Idaho’s vast Snake River Plain is lauded and renowned ...

Just beyond the eerie dunes that make up the Mojave Desert’s Devils Playground, a glaringly white dome rises up out of the ground. Poised atop a 150-foot cinder cone in Newberry Springs, the ...

Lassen Peak, shown here, is the southernmost active volcano in the Cascade Mountain Range of western North America, extending from southern British Columbia to northern California. This vast range is ...

When my friend Amy suggested a “little” hike up Puʻu Waʻawaʻa, what may be the oldest cinder cone on Hawaii Island, I was excited to tackle the 100,000-year-old landmass that dominates the landscape ...

A man was rescued Sunday afternoon after injuring himself while snowboarding Cinder Cone at Mt. Bachelor. According to the Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office, Search and Rescue volunteers were called ...

This July 14 video, captured by an unmanned aircraft systems team, shows lava erupting from within the 120-foot fissure 8 cinder cone built of chilled lava fragments.

A fast-moving wildfire was burning at the foot of the cinder cone known as the Veyo Volcano just east of state Route 18 late Sunday. The fire was estimated at 2,262 acres, driven quickly south toward ...

While towering peaks and vast, verdant forests capture nature’s grandeur, there are places where the planet’s raw and untamed power is on full display. And where else does nature's beauty show off ...

View post: Earthquake Rocks Alaskan Mountains With Mile-Long Landslides and Destruction A snowboarder was injured and rescued at Mt. Bachelor, Oregon, on Sunday, October 26, 2025, after falling and ...

From the archive: This story first published in September 2016. Just beyond the eerie dunes that make up the Mojave Desert’s Devils Playground, a glaringly white dome rises up out of the ground.