Mount Thor, also known as Thor Peak, is a mountain in Nunavut, Canada with the largest vertical drop in the world — a ...

When climbing the world’s tallest mountains, what counts as cheating? Four climbers went up and down Everest in under a week with the help of xenon gas—a record-breaking ascent that has ...

An extensive four-day search for a New Hampshire man who had been missing in a notorious range of the Rocky Mountains ended in tragedy earlier this week.

Two men who were struck by lightning near the summit of Torreys Peak were flown to safety in what is believed to be the highest helicopter rescues on record in Colorado.

Torreys Peak is ranked variously as the 11th or 12th highest summit in Colorado and is less than 200 feet shorter than the state's highest mountain, Mount Elbert.

Texas is more likely to be known for its wide-open spaces than its mountains, but at Guadalupe Mountains National Park, home to the tallest mountain in Texas, visitors can experience all three.

A 29-year-old man was killed after being caught in an avalanche on Mount McKinley in Alaska Tuesday evening. Nicholas Vizzini of Washington State and his climbing partner, a snowboarder, were ...

Authorities have found the body of a missing woman, one day after the body of her father was found. The two had disappeared during a hike on Mount Katadin, the tallest mountain in Maine.

A climber looking to ascend the tallest peak in the country has died. Alex Chiu fell while ascending the West Buttress climbing route on Mount McKinley in Alaska earlier this week, and park ...

SEATTLE — The body of a 41-year-old ski mountaineer has been recovered after he fell over 3,000 feet off of Mount McKinley, the tallest mountain in North America, officials said.