His family’s agonizing ordeal began with frantic search parties in the early days after Weinman vanished June 3, 2000, without a trace on a solo ice-climbing expedition in the Andes Mountains of ...

Can you guess the snowiest place on Earth? Dig into the snow data and take a virtual trip to the snowiest places on the planet.

Jim Weinman vanished in 2000 on a solo ice climb in the Andes Mountains. Scientists studying global warming found his body in a melting glacier decades later.

Constantino Aucca Chutas is leading a group of conservationists on mission to restore forests of the world’s highest-altitude trees.

Reuters reports that Peruvian authorities announced the discovery of a major lost ancient city in the country’s Barranca ...

To celebrate her 40th birthday, the author wanted to hike a mountain in the Bolivian Andes. Hallucinations and vomiting weren't part of the plan.

New moth species with creamy white bodies and fringed wings discovered in the Copaquilla Ravine in the Andes Mountains in northern Chile.

After Jim Weinman vanished in the Chilean Andes on June 3, 2000, his family planned a tribute to the Clifton Park adventurer.

On This Day: Plane crash strands rugby team in Andes On Oct. 13, 1972, Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571 carrying 45 people, including a rugby team from Montevideo, crashed in the Andes mountains.

Chino resident Bill Stampfl, center, is seen doing what he loved — mountain climbing. His body was found in June in Peru, 22 years after he went climbing in the Andes mountains.