Often called the "Valley of Silence," the Western Cwm is a broad, flat, gently undulating glacial valley basin terminating at the foot of the Lhotse Face ... South Summit, a series of rock ...

Climbers in Switzerland have scaled one of the Alps' last wild faces that had never been previously climbed. The Punta Pioda mountain is a towering 10,620ft (3,237m) peak in the Bregaglia range of the ...

"My foot will never stay on that," Honnold says to himself, staring at a greasy bump on the rock face ... summit of El Cap in 23 hours—a feat considered by many today to be the ultimate climbing ...

Thame is a beautiful Himalayan hamlet located to the farther southwest of Everest, right below the sacred Khumbi-Yuhla.

This is the story of early expeditions to British Columbia's Mount Waddington, known as the Mystery Mountain because of its ...

Designed for alpine climbing and technical ski mountaineering, The North Face’s Summit Torre Egger jacket and pants feature the brand’s proprietary Futurelight fabric. Powder aims to feature only the ...

While the rock climbing is not difficult ... along the uppermost part of the North Face. A ramp involving three rock steps leads back left onto the summit ridge. The summit pyramid takes at ...