In April 2017, a lone hiker arrived at the summit of Mount Harvey, a 5,420-foot peak north of Vancouver. He had fallen behind his group on the ascent and when he reached the top in deep snow, all he ...

The mountains are unpredictable and dangerous by nature. Tree wells, avalanches, sheer cliffs—all these risks require that skiers possess keen navigation skills, particularly when they adventure ...

As Everest climbers return to a wifi connection in Base Camp, they post pictures of their summits — and of crowds, chaos, scary moments, and, unfortunately, death. IFMGA guide Vinayak Malla summited ...

on Monday afternoon, 52-year-old Joseph Bohlig removed his pack and jacket and stepped onto a snow cornice so his climbing partner, , could snap his photo. Salkovics told officials he then watched in ...

Climbers call snow cornices the fatal attraction of the mountains. They are beautiful but potentially deadly. “They are incredibly dangerous,” said Peter Frenzen, a climber and public-affairs officer ...

Garfield Cornice_4.28.14_by_Greg_Funderburk.jpgjpeg Snow cornices, center foreground, that formed on the crater rim at Crater Lake National Park. Park officials suspect a missing snowshoer fell down ...

Despite their relatively low elevation (about 1300–1400 m) and because of their cold and humid climate, the High Vosges Mountains in eastern France (at about 48°N 7°E) usually experience a ...

The rescue effort for a climber who fell into the crater at the Mount St. Helens volcano when a snow cornice collapsed was suspended Monday evening when high winds made footing unstable for search ...

"Somehow I managed to jump to the right side yesterday high up in my home mountains when this huge cornice collapsed under my feet." With this sentence, posted a few days ago on Facebook, Hansjörg ...

From his hospital bed in Portland, a banged-up but lucky John Slemp said he’d snowmobiled to that exact same spot on Mount St. Helens at least four times before Saturday. But this time was special — a ...

"Every time we could go out, it was an adventure," Bret Barnum said of his late friend Roscoe Shorey Rocky Shorey/Instagram Officials identified the victim as Roscoe Shorey, 42, a climber who had ...