Ice climbing is one of several potential news sports that the International Olympic Committee will consider for the 2030 ...

The writer, along with her cousin and sister, embarked on a four-day trek across Japan’s Northern Alps, crossing paths with a ...

Simon Gietl of Italy has used the low temperatures in the Central Alps to redpoint Lumina, a highly difficult M8 route he had opened solo last April. For the climb, Gietl paired with world champion ...

A French skier has just become the first person to climb and ski every mountain in the Alps higher than 4,000m (12,000 feet). After chipping away at the project for 15 years, Vivian Bruchez scaled the ...

Such moments form the emotionally rich landscape of the new IMAX movie "The Alps," a gorgeous homage to alpine climbing, the Swiss Alps and all of dazzling Switzerland. "The Eiger Obsession," Harlin's ...

The route takes a line on the extreme righthand side of the drip. After a brief 7m vertical start follow a ramp right to the base of the vertical section. Climb another 5 or 6 meters and belay ...