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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.

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

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

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

Tennessee Hiker Dies After Handling Probable Timber Rattlesnake

Helicopter Video Shows Dramatic Long-Line Rescue of Teen Hikers at Point Reyes

Bear That Mauled Hiker on Alaska’s Basher Trail Remains at Large

Teams Await Improved River Conditions in Retrieval of Man’s Body at Sol Duc Falls

Body of Missing Hiker Hannah Moody Found in Scottsdale Preserve