The highest mountains in the world have a unique allure. A journey just to catch glimpses of these mysterious, remote, savage giants is the trip of a lifetime for many and, for mountaineers, they’re ...

Two mountain climbers have died on Aoraki, New Zealand's tallest peak, while two others from the same group were rescued.

Mount Denali, North America's highest mountain, is a beautiful sight. While beautiful, though, scientists have long wondered exactly how this mountain came to be. Now, new research has finally ...

A 102-year-old Japanese man has set a new record by becoming the oldest to summit Mount Fuji. Kokichi Akuzawa began his ascent on Aug. 5 along with his 70-year-old daughter Motoe, his granddaughter ...

The woman froze to death on Grossglockner, the highest mountain in Austria. A 39-year-old Austrian man has been charged with ...

The allure of the unexplored lies at the very core of what adventure is all about. For many, simply exploring places that are new to us as individuals is tremendously exciting. To tread where no ...

Argentina’s Aconcagua, while technically easy, is no pushover. Climbing at 22,841 ft. with no supplemental oxygen in ...

The world’s 14 highest mountains all rise from the Himalaya in Tibet and Nepal – the iconic 8,000-meter peaks, eight of which reside in Nepal. Now, Nepal’s Department of Tourism seeks to alter ...

Rhian Wilkinson didn’t tell anyone. The Wales Women’s manager just woke up and left with the sunrise, bound for the top of the country’s highest peak, Yr Wyddfa. Wilkinson knows this mountain (called ...

(Reuters) -The bodies of two climbers, including one from the U.S., have been recovered after the pair fell to their deaths from New Zealand's highest mountain during a summit attempt, police said on ...

A 29-year-old man was killed after being caught in an avalanche on Mount McKinley in Alaska Tuesday evening. Nicholas Vizzini of Washington State and his climbing partner, a snowboarder, were ...