Two Chinese satellites reportedly performed what appears to be the country's first high-altitude orbital refueling, as U.S.

She said, "Generally speaking, anything above 1,700 hundred feet above sea level is considered high elevation in Europe, and about 1,000 feet above sea level is considered high in the U.S.

AMS affects approximately 25 percent of people sleeping above 8,000 feet, and many as 40 to 50 percent of those sleeping above 10,000. (However, some people struggle with AMS at elevations ...

Recent deaths on Mount Everest prompt questions about what happens to the body at high elevations. ... is 29,000 feet above sea level and several of those deaths have been blamed on altitude sickness.

The average elevation of the 1,960 towns examined was 12,500 feet (3,810 meters) above sea level and only 23 percent had a Han Chinese name. The number of Tibetan town names (dotted line) does not ...

Final snowfall tallies will be largely elevation-dependent and anticipated to be around a foot above 2000′ in elevation, with 1-4″ in the lower valleys.

The risk of large wildfires is above normal through September in much of the West, according to the National Interagency Fire Center. Prolonged warm, dry spring conditions melted snow and […] ...

Climbing is hard in no small part because of how debilitating and unpredictable altitude sickness can be. ... (9,350 feet above sea level), the Himalayas (29,032 feet), or even Denver (5,279 ...

Find your elevation in the map below. Built by The Oregonian/OregonLive, the map allows you to look up the elevation at your home or to see which parts of the tri-county area are above certain ...

Snowpack on the Western Slope is tracking above average for this time of year, which has some forecasters feeling optimistic about spring runoff. But there is also an interesting phenomenon that they ...

Between Wednesday and Thursday night, the NWS forecasts up to five feet of snow at elevations above 8,500 including Sonora, Ebbetts and Carson passes. Donner Pass and Echo Summit at about 7,000 ...

Starting January 1, 2024, climbers on Mt. Hood will be required to purchase a climbing permit if they will be climbing above 9,500 feet elevation. The climbing ...