Chirripó National Park

Chirripó National Park is located in three provinces: San José, Limón and Cartago. It is named after its most prominent feature: Mount Chirripó. At...

A new species of plant has been discovered recently in a remote part of Costa Rica high in the mountains. Gentiana bicentenaria is the...

Chirripó National Park will reopen for tourists on October 30, the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC) announced Monday. 

The Costa Rican Presidency last week inaugurated new facilities at Chirripó National Park. 

Chirripó National Park will be closed "until further notice" beginning on Saturday, Feb. 15, according to the National System of Conservation Areas (SINAC). 

On a clear day at the Chirripó's summit, it is said that you can see both the Caribbean and Pacific coastlines.

Click through availability for May, June or July — as far as the online system allows — and you’ll see the same message: cerrado, cerrado, cerrado.  

My biggest piece of advice as you hike Costa Rica’s tallest mountain: Don’t look up.

Environmental groups believe a cableway to Chirripó peak would attract crowds that would overload the national park’s capacity and endanger the protected lands.

A U.S. man, Michael Lee Kathrein, 62, died Friday on the main trail in Costa Rica's Chirripó National Park.