The Matterhorn is one of Europe’s most iconic peaks—but its first successful climb ended in tragedy. This video uncovers the ...

Climbing the Matterhorn was once the ultimate mountaineering dream -and a deadly gamble. Discover the dark past of this ...

The Catholic Church is preparing to canonize Pier Giorgio Frassati — a 24-year-old Italian from Turin, Italy, who was a ...

Our mountaineering expert ponders the point when scrambling ends and climbing begins, taking a look at grades and viewpoints ...

King Albert I of Belgium was a keen and experienced mountain climber. He scaled many Swiss peaks and even completed a first ...

Search for missing climber Michael Reardon In the end, it was not a fall but the ocean that claimed him. This July marks 18 ...

From churros to crazy milkshakes and Mickey-shaped treats, these Disneyland desserts might just outshine the iconic Dole Whip ...

Built in 1910 and 1912 by the Canadian Pacific Railway, Swiss-style chalets offer a historic place to stay in Golden, which ...

Swiss mountaineer Jean Troillet and the Frenchmen Martial Dumas and Jean-Yves Fredriksen have made the first ascent of "Sébastien Gay" (600m ABO), a new difficult route up the North Face of the ...

With its rugged peaks, medieval towns and glassy lakes — including the famed Lake Bled — the Julian Alps are mountainous ...

The Glacier Express consumes a whole day to traverse 291 bridges and pass through 91 tunnels on its tantalising trundle ...