A hiker on Mount Whitney's main trail died after slipping on a notoriously steep section of granite en route to the summit.

A hiker died after falling from an icy trail and plunging over a cliff on a California mountain, rescuers say. Inyo County ...

Stranded on an isolated ridge and facing an 800-foot drop, two California backpackers were rescued by helicopter in the nick of time.

(CNN) — Hopes are fading that an injured climber who has been stuck on a mountain in Kyrgyzstan for 12 days after rescue efforts had to be terminated because of bad weather. (CNN) — Hopes are fading ...

This is the chilling moment a hiker plunged to his death from the top of an 5500m mountain while reportedly trying to take a ...

Responders spent six hours rescuing the two, who were stuck on a sheer and rocky couloir deep in the Sierra Nevada ...