Fred Dreier

Vonn is the most consistent woman on the downhill World Cup this year (Photo: Michel Cottin/Agence Zoom/Getty Images) Oh to be a Hollywood producer, and to read and reject movie scripts all day long. Too cliche! Too fake! If I did the job, I would probabl... See more

One of McCarty’s three NPS sticker designs (Photo: Jenny McCarty/Sage Leaf Studio) Jenny McCarty is a national parks junkie—her water bottle is covered in stickers from the NPS sites she’s visited over the years. So when the U.S. national parks became a p... See more

Gabrielle Suver races the Ironman Cairns in June, 2025 (Photo: Cameron Spencer / Staff) A professional triathlete was left for dead after a driver struck her in a hit-and-run crash in central Florida. Now hospitalized with severe injuries, she hopes her o... See more

(Photo: Mount Washington Observatory) I know, I know—we’re all walking around in flip flops and shorts and it’s November. Here’s one corner of the U.S. that isn’t experiencing summer-like conditions this fall: New England. In fact, the summit of the regio... See more

FREDERIC J. BROWN // AFP via Getty Images How budget cuts are affecting National Park Service rangers It’s a perfect fall afternoon in Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park and a guided hike of 15 strangers just a few miles beyond the park’s eastern ent... See more