A small town in Japan that received international attention for its controversial decision to block views of Mount Fuji has quietly reversed its decision.
A daring rescue has played out in Queensland's Scenic Rim region to save an injured hiker who was stuck in freezing conditions on the side of a mountain.
An experienced Kenyan mountaineer died Wednesday and rescuers are still searching for the Nepali sherpa who was with him, after the team attempted to summit Mount Everest without supplemental oxygen.
A cloud of volcanic ash spewing from Europe's most active volcano has prompted the closure of one of Sicily's largest airports, leading to flights being delayed, cancelled and diverted.
An avalanche of hate is being directed the way of climbers who are accused of ignoring a dying man while trying to summit the world's second-highest mountain K2.
The body of Hilaree Nelson has been found and taken to a forensic laboratory in Kathmandu for an autopsy after the renowned US ski mountaineer died during an expedition in Nepal.
A New Zealand student has "broken nearly every bone in her body" and had her left leg amputated after falling 24 metres while climbing in Yosemite National Park.
A large chunk of an Alpine glacier broke loose Sunday afternoon and roared down a mountainside in Italy, sending ice, snow and rock slamming into hikers on a popular trail on the peak and killing at least six and injuring eight, authorities said.
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The highest glacier on the world's tallest mountain is losing decades worth of ice every year because of human-induced climate change, a new study shows.
The victims were part of a group of 11 skiers, eight of whom were hit by a roughly 200m wide slab of snow as they ascended a slope during a ski tour on Saturday in the Tweng area, in Salzburg province.