Mile upon mile of barren mountainside, interspersed only with outcrops of cold, grey rock and tufts of dry, yellow grass, looked strikingly inhospitable from the back of my warm taxi.

I've been visiting Kananaskis for 25 years. Here's how to plan the perfect trip to the tiny mountain village in Alberta, Canada.

Wildlife enthusiasts find Mount Tam to be a natural treasure hunt, with opportunities to spot black-tailed deer grazing in meadows, coyotes trotting along hillsides, and if luck is on your side, the ...

Pileated woodpeckers – those crow-sized birds with flaming red crests that inspired the Woody Woodpecker cartoon – hammer away at dead trees, leaving distinctive rectangular holes as evidence of their ...