Winter is on its way, but that doesn't mean the camping trips have to end. It just means it might be time to switch from a tent to a yurt. A yurt is a circular tent-like structure with a wood frame, a ...

IN THE BOISE MOUNTAINS, Idaho — Daybreak’s rose-colored light glows over the snowy mountain peaks surrounding Stargaze Yurt in the Boise Mountains. It’s minus 6 outside, and the January air is so cold ...

IN THE BOISE MOUNTAINS, Idaho — Daybreak’s rose-colored light glows over the snowy mountain peaks surrounding Stargaze Yurt in the Boise Mountains. It’s minus 6 outside, and the January air is so cold ...

It’s time to book a yurt in the Idaho backcountry to ensure that at least for one long weekend this winter — or more likely, several days during the week — you can look forward to having a great time ...

The lack of snow on the ground has not deterred area adventurers who want to spend a night in the mountains using the local yurt system. Dana Olson, the director of Idaho State University’s Outdoor ...

This yurt system, our destination on a mid-January weekend, is the highest in Colorado, in the San Juans south of Lake City. The Rambouillet Yurt, which by next winter will be in a new location high ...

Stacy Savona recalled it was a typical winter night on the Oregon coast. Winds were gusting and the rain was coming down, but she remained high and dry in her yurt at William M. Tugman State Park near ...

IDAHO CITY • The Mongolians would never have imagined it. The popularity of yurts as winter getaways among modern-day cross-country skiers and snowshoers continues to grow as more people realize it’s ...

Skiers bask in the winter sun in 2013 at the Rambouillet Yurt, part of the Hinsdale Haute Route system in Colorado’s San Juan Mountains. With the sun reflecting off the snow, sunscreen is essential ...

GUNNISON NATIONAL FOREST — The cold never stops invading, kept at bay only by the constantly burning wood stove. The World War II-era metal bunks creak at every muscle twitch. Smoke from the stove ...

If you’re prone to cabin fever during our long Midwestern winters, then an escape to a wintery cabin may be, in fact, just the right medicine. Many of Michigan’s state parks keep their campgrounds’ ...