National Park Service

Shannon “SJ” Joslin was fired from Yosemite for helping rig a trans pride flag on El Capitan. They're calling it a First Amendment violation.

Thanks to the EXPLORE Act, most outdoor photographers and videographers will no longer need permits to shoot in national parks.

And climbers collectively breathe a sigh of relief

A 2022 landslide destroyed dozens of boulder problems in Rocky Mountain National Park’s Upper Upper Chaos Canyon. After a two-year closure, Chaos is open again, giving climbers a chance to explore the numerous “house-sized” boulders deposited by the slide.

Despite overtly acknowledging that climbing is an appropriate use of wilderness land, two new proposals, one from the National Forest Service, another from the National Park Service, would give land administrators the tools to unravel America’s wilderness climbing legacy.

Upper and Upper Upper Chaos Canyon were closed due to a rockslide this summer. The extent of the closures may be the result of pre-existing tensions caused by bad climber behavior.

Big wall permits are here to stay in Yosemite. But what they look like is still evolving. Make yourself heard before November 16.

Progress or persecution? Yosemite's now permanent big wall permit program has met a mixed reaction in the climbing world. Here's what we know so far.

The stats and science behind the Valley’s constantly exfoliating granite.

Yosemite National Park implements road and campground Improvements along Northside Drive and Camp 4.

Yosemite geologists, with the help of climbers, are inching closer to answering the elusive question: "Why do rocks fall?"

DNC and the NPS battle over historic Yosemite buildings names