During the first flurries, the vivid green of summer is replaced by a crisp, clean blanket of snow. A perfect time to explore and when you literally can make your mark on the pristine landscape.

In winter, surface ice traps the gas ... t yet sophisticated enough to capture that kind of rapid landscape change. But at National Geographic’s request, Katey Walter Anthony and Charles ...

Ecologists now study Lassen's landscape to see what the future may ... Heavy snows close most of the main road in winter. But visitors still enjoy snowshoe hikes and cross-country skiing at ...

This story appears in the July 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. Making places beautiful is not enough for Kate Orff. The landscape architect also wants to make them adaptable to climate ...

Author Ronan O’Connell released National Geographic's list ... fascinating history and unique landscape, Breckenridge is certainly hard to beat during the winter. Rocky Mountain's magnificence ...