Over 12 miles long, this course climbs through the Rocky Mountains up to the summit ... can drive on turns into a dangerous trek above the clouds for the final leg to the finish line.

More than 5,000 climbers trudge across those craters every year to tag the highest crest in the Cascade Mountains. Few have any inkling what ... a cluster of stone huts and outhouses two miles above ...

Above the haze, look for increasing clouds during the afternoon ... rain to valley locations and heavy periods of snow for ...

I begin the practical portion of racing to the top of the mountain. I'm going to preface everything below by declaring here and now that there's no way to fully explain the Pikes Peak hillclimb ...

From walking through deep green pine forests filled with birdsong to watching the sun rise over a carpet of clouds ... Nestled in the mountains of Yilan County above Taroko National Park, it ...