Mountaineering

Europe News

Mountaineer Nirmal Purja killed with all members of expedition in Pakistan avalanche

Renowned mountaineer Nirmal Purja died with other team members in a powerful avalanche in Pakistan, his climbing company confirmed on Saturday, after rescuers recovered the remains of three climbers from the 10-strong expedition during a high-altitude search.

1 August 2026

World News

British climber scales Everest for record 20th time

Two Indian climbers are believed to have died while descending the mountain this week, after climbing the peak on Thursday.

22 May 2026

Culture Series

Meet Vafa Musayeva, Azerbaijan’s first woman on Everest

In partnership with Azpromo

Vafa Musayeva recalls her journey to the world’s highest peak after becoming the first Azerbaijani woman to summit Everest and complete the Everest–Lhotse combination in one season.

5 February 2026

Modern Nomads

Kazakhstan is turning Tien Shan gorges into one ski circuit

In partnership with MDQ

Kazakhstan is linking ski runs across five routes and gorges in the Ile-Alatau range into a single, seamless network of pistes, lifts and trails.

4 February 2026

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Zugspitze: Golden cross removed from Germany’s highest peak

Germany's highest peak, the Zugspitze, has temporarily lost its famous gilded summit cross for restoration after visitors covered it with stickers.

11 November 2025

Italy

Five German nationals killed in avalanche in Italy

All five missing mountaineers from Germany have died in an avalanche disaster in the Ortler mountainous region in South Tyrol. The last two missing bodies of a German man and his 17-year-old daughter were located on Sunday by Italian rescue teams.

2 November 2025

Partner content

Summer in Saudi: Cool escapes from Aseer to Al Baha

Partner content presented by Visit Saudi

Read on to discover Saudi Arabia’s southwestern mountain region and its range of unexpected summer escapes.

23 July 2025

The Dialogue

Resilience and determination, the story of a Qatari mountaineer

In partnership with Media City

Fahad Badar is the first Arab to summit Mount Everest and Lhotse in a single expedition.

28 December 2024

Meet The Locals

Meet Nazrin Garibova, the ski mountaineer who pushes boundaries in Azerbaijan's Mountains

In partnership with Azerbaijan Tourism Board

In this episode of Meet the Locals, we explore Azerbaijan's rugged Shahdag Mountains with Nazrin Garibova, a ski mountaineer whose journey from urban life to alpine trails highlights resilience, passion and cultural pride.

9 December 2024

Destinations

These remote mountains in Central Asia are a hiker’s paradise

The landlocked country in Central Asia is home to some of the highest mountains of the world, which remain unknown to the crowds flocking to Everest.

14 November 2023

World News

Norwegian mountaineer denies her team ignored dying Sherpa on K2

Kristin Harila has received death threats after drone footage appeared to show climbers passing Mohammad Hassan, who had fallen from a cliff.

11 August 2023

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Peak of Austria's Fluchthorn mountain collapses in massive mudslide

A mountain rescuer captured the footage in Tyrol, close to the Swiss border. Fluchthorn is the second-highest summit in the Silvretta Alps.

12 June 2023

Nepal

Norwegian becomes fastest woman to climb all 8000m mountains

Kristin Harila beat the previous record set by a Spanish climber, but now she is aiming to climb all 14 peaks much faster, in just one season.

5 May 2023

Spain

500 days of darkness: Spanish 'cavewoman' shocked by Ukraine war news

Beatriz Flamini emerged from the 70-metre-deep cave in southern Spain last Friday to learn about the Ukraine war for the first time.

19 April 2023

France

French Alps avalanche: Six dead and nine injured

An avalanche in the French Alps killed at least six people on Sunday after a snowfall near the Armancette glacier.

9 April 2023

Travel News

Nepal: How this woman defied the odds to become a mountain guide

“Hopefully my small success will inspire other girls to follow their dreams."

9 March 2023