Punta Pioda doesn't have the same notoriety as the north faces of the Eiger, the Matterhorn, or the Grandes Jorasses. But ...

Jornet holds the fastest known time speed record for the ascent and descent of major mountains including Mont Blanc and ...

When Rick Accomazzo and Tobin Sorenson emerged from the icy north face of Les Drus into the sunlight, the young men became ...

Explore Switzerland’s Zermatt, as well as Chamonix in France, for thrills on the slopes and mind-blowing scenery.

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 ...

One highlight of our Zermatt skiing experience was the Klein Matterhorn, which is reached by a series of cable cars. In clear weather, you exit a tunnel carved in the rock, then climb a set of ...

A legendary mountaineer and inventor's £446,000 estate has been donated to the Scottish Mountaineering Trust (SMT) charity. Hamish MacInnes, who was nicknamed the Fox of Glencoe, died in November 2020 ...

Mr MacInnes, who was born in July 1930, was known for his climbing and scaled the Matterhorn at the age of 16. As well as the metal ice axe, he also invented a lightweight and specialised folding ...

Antarctica and his climbing of the Matterhorn, when he was a young man. In recent years, he and Marcia enjoyed nearly 50 cruises where they sailed all over the world. Neil was a loving and devoted ...