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Winter Play Options at Mt. Mazama, AKA Crater Lake National Park, OR

When you think of winter recreation in the Oregon Cascades, your thoughts and imagination might immediately spring for Mt. Hood (Wy’East), Mt. Bachelor, Three Sisters Wilderness, Hoodoo, or the Willamette Pass area. While these areas are fantastic and hard-to-beat places for winter adventuring activities of all kinds, there is one legendary spot in Oregon that flies under the radar and […]
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Steam Plumes Visible as Volcanic Activity Increases at Mt. Ruapehu Ski Resort, NZ

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Six weeks of raised seismic activity at New Zealand’s Mt. Ruapehu resulted in the strongest tremor in twenty years yesterday, sending plumes of steam into the air. Despite the increased activity, the volcano remains under a Level Two Alert. There will likely be no eruption or a minor eruption confined to the lake basin within the next four weeks. Over the […]
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Stunning 4K Video of Chile’s April Volcano Eruption

Calbuco in April 2015. photo: epa

Chile is the land of natural disasters – some more beautiful than others. Enormous earthquakes and huge volcanic explosions seem the norm in Chile. Pucon ski resort is closed for the season after the volcano it lives on erupted this year. This Calbuco eruption captured on 4K in southern Chile is simply spectacular to watch. This eruption closed down the Bariloche, Argentina airport and threw ash into town. In 2011 […]
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31 Hikers Found Dead After Japanese Volcanic Eruption Yesterday

Mountain lodge buried in ash after eruption on Mt. Ontake. photo: kimmasa mayama/epa

Terrible news coming out of Japan today. 10,120-foot Mt. Ontake (an active volcano in Japan) erupted on Saturday. The volcano spewed ash and rocks over a vast area. The eruption deposited up to 8 inches of ash on the volcano itself. 30 missing hikers were found dead by rescuers today on Mt. Ontake today. 14 more hikers are still currently missing and the search has been called off for the night. “The volcanic rocks fell like hailstones.” – eye witness “We couldn’t breathe so we covered […]
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