The highest active volcano in Europe, Mount Etna is a magnificent landmark on the Italian island of Sicily. Etna is almost ...

Three people were rescued from Mount Baker with serious injuries this week in two separate incidents within 48 hours. Two ...

A wildfire near the city of Mount Shasta prompted evacuation warnings Monday night before crews were able to stop forward progress. The Spring Fire burned 12 acres as of Tuesday morning ...

MANILA, Philippines — The list of Filipino mountaineers reaching the summit of Mt. Everest has grown with the addition of Ric Rabe, Jeno Panganiban and Miguel Mapalad. Rabe, who hails from ...

Engineer Philipp "PJ" Santiago was looking to draw attention to the plight of children with cancer when he set out to climb Mt. Everest, the world's highest peak. According to Raffy Tima's report on ...

One mountain climber's survival is being called "miraculous" after a 200-foot fall onto jagged rock in Washington state Sunday that killed the three other men in his group. One man, Anton Tselykh ...

The anchor they were using, a metal spike called a piton, appeared to have been placed there by past climbers, he said. They plummeted for about 200 feet (60 meters) into a slanted gulch and then ...

It's one of Washington state's worst climbing accidents since 2014, when six climbers fell to their deaths at Mount Rainier ... piece of equipment known as a piton, embedded in the rock face.

Search and rescue groups found what Yarnell called a "weathered piton," or metal stake, still attached to the group's main line, but Yarnell was quick to note "this is in no way concrete evidence ...

MT. JULIET, Tenn. (WKRN) — A traffic stop in Mt. Juliet for a headlight violation resulted in the arrests of two people overnight who are now facing drug and weapon charges, officials said.

The route to the summit of Mt. Everest (29,029 feet), the tallest mountain in the world, has just arrived at Camp 4 (7,900m/ 25,920 feet). This camp, also known as High Camp and the South Col ...