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• Which Costa Rica is right for you?
Depart from the nearby town of San Gerardo de Rivas, rise through cloud forest and alpine savannas, and reach the summit of the country's highest peak, the 12,530-foot Cerro Chirripó. Before your trek, contact the Parque Nacional Chirripó ranger ...
• Austria allowing 16-year-olds to vote
Following the collapse in July of the governing coalition between the center-left Social Democrats and the center-right People's Party, 10 parties have said they want to take a stab at ruling the Alpine republic. But only about half have a realistic ...
• New lichen species discovered in Yosemite
If we have it now, we can see if we still have it 15 years from now," said Linda McMillan, the chairman of the American Alpine Club's Yosemite Committee who has been recruiting members to work on similar projects in parks and nature preserves around ...
• Autumn escapes in Europe
If you were planning to hike around the scenic shores of Lugano this fall, tramping through chestnut forests and lush vineyards while admiring its Alpine lake, you’d do well to bring an appetite. Each year, when locals in the picturesque Swiss city ...
• Most awesome autumn drives
Denali Highway in south-central Alaska fits the latter description, a 135-mile route through rolling alpine tundra terrain that morphs into a carpet of interwoven red, orange and purple the first few weeks of September. From Maclaren Summit you can ...