A plume of cinder and volcanic ash trail behind a man on a toboggan descending Cerro Negro. It's called 'volcano boarding' and you'd better be brave to do it. Tim Johnson/MCT CERRO NEGRO, Nicaragua — ...

Peering down from atop Nicaragua’s Cerro Negro volcano, it’s easy to see how a daredevil on a bicycle earned a land speed record gliding down its cinder cone slope. The drop is a stomach-churning ...

It looks so inviting from the parking lot — as if it had been placed there specifically to hike and ski down. The Cinder Cone on Mount Bachelor’s northern flank rose in front of me above the trees, ...

CERRO NEGRO, Nicaragua — Peering down from atop the Cerro Negro volcano, it's easy to see how a daredevil on a bicycle earned a land speed record gliding down its cinder cone slope. The drop is a ...