Mountaineers have tried to rationalize their obsession with scaling peaks for centuries. “What is above knows what is below but what is below does not know what is above,” wrote Rene Daumal. Anatoli ...

Explore Arkansas’s top mountain summits that are truly worth the climb, featuring panoramic views, challenging trails, and ...

Aug. 20—WATERTOWN — The 10th Mountain Division will reaching new heights Wednesday in its "Climb to Glory" path of prestige. About 200 Fort Drum soldiers, in teams, are summiting the 46 Adirondack ...

The Mohonk Mountain House Resort has a new, guided-only trail of a type more commonly found in the Dolomites and the Alps. It’s called via ferrata (loosely translated from Italian as “Iron Way”), ...

GoPro Mountain Games organizers and USA Climbing announced on Wednesday that Olympic athletes have signed up to compete in the debut speed climbing competitions at this year’s event June 5-8. These ...

Everyone in the mountain climbing community is intensely aware of the ominous danger of the mountain known as K2. Located in Pakistan, K2 is the second highest mountain in the world just after Mount ...

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa, standing at 5895 metres (19,340 ft) as the world's tallest free-standing ...