This mountain may not be as high or as famous as Everest, but it's a riskier endeavor requiring a higher level of skill and fitness to successfully summit.

When you think about the world’s highest mountains, Mount Everest probably comes to mind first. The planet’s roof is actually ...

A new study analyzing a lake formed by a glacier surge in the Karakoram Mountains has revealed how satellite images can be used to monitor the potential for lake drainage hazards. New research has ...

Bad weather has thwarted all attempts to reach the summit of Broad Peak and diminished hopes for K2 climbers, especially since the worst of the storm is yet to come. Further down the valley, the ...

July 29 (UPI) --An international team is trying to rescue badly injured former Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier from a peak on Pakistan's Karakoram Mountains. A falling rock struck and ...

The trail to the base of Amin Brakk, a great wedge of vertical rock that’s earned comparisons to El Capitan, doesn’t so much start as the community slips away—up from the barley fields of Kanday ...

This intriguing astronaut photo shows a trio of "anomalous" ice masses merging in the heart of central Asia. The stripy glaciers are bucking a global trend by gaining volume, despite the effects of ...

German biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier has died following a climbing accident on a mountain peak in northern Pakistan. Dahlmeier was 31 years old. Authorities said that workers are attempting to ...

Twice Olympic biathlon champion Laura Dahlmeier of Germany has died in a mountaineering accident in Pakistan, her management has told dpa. She was 31. Dahlmeier was swept away in a rockfall close to ...

Mountain passes are natural routes through mountains that connect one region to another. In India, these passes have played a ...

The trail to the base of Amin Brakk, a great wedge of vertical rock that’s earned comparisons to El Capitan, doesn’t so much start as the community slips away—up from the barley fields of Kanday ...

New research has tracked the evolution of a glacier lake dammed by a surge using satellite images, to help better understand its life cycle and the hazard it presents to nearby communities. During ...