Warming conditions in the Italian Alps are triggering more avalanches. It means Italian mountain rescue dogs are needed now ...

Japan’s breathtaking, yet treacherous, mountains of Nagano Prefecture experienced an alarming surge in rescue operations in ...

DAVID ‘Heavy’ Whalley MBE, who has died, aged 72, from liver cancer, was, to many, a legend in the mountain rescue community, one who ...

Steeped in skiing history, Chamonix, France, might well be one of the most famous ski towns on the planet. That’s for good ...

By the age of 17, she had successfully climbed notable north faces, including the Grandes Jorasses and the Matterhorn. Her rebellion and resilience allowed her to stand out in the male-dominated ...

VIENNA, March 24 (Xinhua) -- Two skiers died and another was injured in an avalanche in the Austrian alpine state of Tyrol on Monday morning, local authorities said.

But although Émile’s grandparents were this week arrested on suspicion of murder – later to be released without charge – what ...

Hundreds of victims’ families will commemorate the 10th anniversary of the crash of Germanwings Flight 9525 in the French Alps, which killed all 150 people on board. The plane departed in the morning ...

SCOTTISH mountain rescue expert David "Heavy" Whalley, who led the response to the Lockerbie bombing, has passed away aged 72 ...