Two key innovations, the Tricouni nails and the modern crampons, emerged as ways to add grip on slippery ground. Each had its strengths and limitations.

On a trip to Wyoming, a novice learns to climb a frozen waterfall, an activity that takes focus, fearlessness and a good ice ...

Cairngorms ski touring offers an accessible and rewarding way to explore Scotland’s mountains, with Glenmore Lodge helping ...

At the Bangla Mountaineering and Trekking Club (BMTC), climbers gathered on fixed days. Photos of expeditions from home and abroad were screened on a big screen. Participants learned about trekking ...

Ski mountaineering, also called Skimo, will make its Olympic debut at the Milan-Cortina Winter Games. Here's everything you ...

In back-to-back tragedies, two women in their 70s were killed by a falling tree in Olympic National Forest and 2 climbers ...

The hiker was found curled up in snow, with icicles clinging to the hair on his face, hat and gloves, by a squad of marines ...

Hero Royal and Dutch marines have helped save the life of a climber found suffering from hypothermia near the summit of Ben ...

A TEENAGER has been airlifted to hospital after falling more than 65ft at a popular beauty spot. The 19-year-old was ...

Temperatures are expected to plunge to around zero degrees this weekend but Minnesotans say they will be out in the street, using the weather to their advantage.

The ascent marked a turning point, proving that the world’s great mountains were not beyond his reach. From there, his ...

As a winter cold snap grips Germany, Berliners have been slip-sliding on ice-covered footpaths, driving a heated debate on whether the capital should use environmentally damaging salt to melt away the ...