High up in the natural wonder of the French Alps, the climbers who spend their days among the rockfaces and glaciers have come to a grim conclusion: the mountains are falling down around them. In the ...

What makes the perfect route? Is it the setting, technical difficulty, rock quality, style, variety, or maybe just how you were feeling that day? Through our 100% subjective polling process, we asked ...

Potential hazards, from icefall to rapidly changing weather, add risk to the challenge. Even experienced mountaineers have perished on Rainier’s unpredictable slopes due to an abrupt weather shift, ...

Midway up the new Cloud Ladder via ferrata climbing route just outside Estes Park, touted as the steepest in the U.S., there is an overhanging 30-foot section that represents the crux of the ascent.

On July 23, Americans Vince Anderson and Josh Wharton completed their multi-year project on Jirishanca, a rarely summited 20,100-foot peak in Peru's Cordillera Huayhuash. Their route, a longstanding ...

Proper preparation is key to a successful climb on Mount Kenya's icy routes. Climbers should ensure they have proper gear, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Midway up the new Cloud Ladder via ferrata climbing route just outside of Estes Park, touted as the steepest in the U.S., there is an overhanging 30-foot ...