The Olympic Mountains are being used to study climate change after sites were set up for that purpose this past summer. In late July and early August, Western Washington University Professor Eric ...

SEATTLE — A week-long stretch of sunny and dry weather has taken hold over western Washington, impacting the mountain snowpack in the Olympic and Cascade mountains. Across the state, there are 14 ...

Olympic National Park features over 1,440 square miles of wilderness. On the Olympic Peninsula in Washington, it is two hours west of Seattle. As a year-round destination, the center of the landscape ...

PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — A mountain lion bit a 4-year-old who was walking with their family over the weekend on a popular trail in Olympic National Park in Washington state, park officials said ...

HOODSPORT, Wash. — A 445-acre wildfire burning near Lake Cushman has triggered new road and trail closures in the southeastern Olympic Mountains, officials said Wednesday. The Bear Gulch fire is ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has determined that a petition to list the Olympic marmot under the Endangered Species Act warrants further review, marking a crucial step toward potential federal ...

Governor Kathy Hochul celebrated the official start of the 2024-25 winter season with the daily opening of New York State Olympic Regional Development Authority (Olympic Authority) ski mountains, Gore ...

A sunset bike ride at the end of a long day — along a boardwalk or through a path in the forest — is one of the most relaxing parts of summer. Olympic mountain biking, on the other hand, is anything ...

LAKE PLACID – It took decades of planning, building trails and infrastructure, even an amendment to the state constitution, and at the end of the day it always comes down to one thing at the Whiteface ...