SKI Magazine has released its annual list of the top ski resorts in the West, and while several Colorado ski areas made the ...

Kathryn McKee and her hiking partner huddled in the darkness, waiting for a search team to make its way through subzero ...

Mount Vinson, Antarctica Climbers enjoy great success on Mount Vinson this season. The Antarctic summer runs from November ...

All of the tallest mountains in the world are located in Asia, either in the Himalayas or the Karakorum ranges. Of the 10 ...

A fatal race made Tracee Metcalfe the closest to becoming the first American woman to summit all of the world’s 8,000-meter ...

It comes as something of a surprise that the history of a pursuit that seems to uniquely combine risk and vanity should be so ...

On the 66th anniversary of the disputed first ascent of Cerro Torre in Patagonia by Cesare Maestri and Toni Egger, we examine ...

Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme.

Pakistani mountaineer Muhammad Hassan has died during an attempt to summit K2. Muhammad Hassan, who was from the district Shigar of Gilgit-Baltistan, died when the huge avalanche hit him near the ...

The demonstration mission from a California-based firm named K2 aims to "burn down" the risk of the technology that will fly on the company's first full-sized satellite. So far, so good ...

K2's basecamp is packed with ... from reaching the top of this mammoth mountain. Each of the climbers is impatiently waiting for their chance to summit. All they need are a few days of perfect ...

Find out more about how we test and compare products. The North Face Summit Series Patrol Gore-Tex Gloves are burly, but not bulky or heavy. These mountaineering gloves boast the rugged advantages of ...