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Runner Hospitalized After Using Bear Spray to Fend Off Brown Bear on Anchorage Trail

Wildlife officials posted warnings and urged people to carry bear spray to cut the risk of surprise encounters on overgrown local trails.

Mudslides and Floods Cut Roads and Sweep Parked Cars in Western Austrian Alps

Parks Canada Charges Hikers After Viral Video Shows Grizzly Following Off‑Leash Dog

Hikers Taken to Hospital After Drinking Pyrenees Stream Water

Hiker Thrown by Cow at Königssee Is Airlifted With Serious Injuries

Two Hypothermia Rescues on Mt. Lafayette Expose Summer Mountain Risks

Three Hikers Die in Grand Canyon as Park Issues Extreme Heat Watch

Volunteer Rescuer Hurt as Two 19-Year-Olds Saved From Mount Lafayette

British Hiker, 61, Found Dead in Spain's Picos de Europa After Search

Four Young Women Found Safe After Rieti-Area Search

Severe Storms Force Table Mountain National Park to Close Popular Sites

Ventura County Logs Seventh Rattlesnake Bite Since March as Hiker Airlifted From Simi Valley Trail

Ajusco Peaks Closed After Spring Snow in Mexico City

Two Hikers Rescued From Chalk Mud Below Rügen Cliffs

Missing Hikers Christel and Didier Carrot Found Dead After 200-Meter Fall in Haute-Savoie

Scottish Hillwalker, 61, Describes Surviving Cow Stampede With SOS Rescue

Search for Missing Santa Rosa Hiker Enters Fourth Day at Bodega Head

Two Hikers Airlifted After 45-Foot Fall at Kentucky’s Courthouse Rock

Two Alpine Accidents in Austria Leave One Dead and One Airlifted

Tennessee Hiker Dies After Handling Probable Timber Rattlesnake