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

Swiss Mountaineer Dani Arnold breaks the record for the quickest ascent of the north face of the Matterhorn mountain in the Alps. The 1,100 meter-high climb usually takes mountain climbers between ...

The peak is a stunning snow spire that the climbers dubbed “the Matterhorn of the Khunjerab.” It rises from the Khunjerab sub ...

A Drop of Water. For Bonatti, the trick now is to find new ways to climb the familiar old hills. And he had a really novel idea for the Matterhorn: a “direttissima” assault, straight up the ...

Filip Babicz of Poland has chosen Matterhorn for his latest speed climbing stunt. He climbed all four ridges of the iconic ...

Leo Billon, Sébastien Ratel and Benjamin Védrines climbing the Gogna-Cerruti up the north face of the Matterhorn on 12/02/2022 © Leo Billon / Sébastien Ratel ...

As well as beautiful, the Matterhorn is also steeped in history tinged with tragedy. The first ascensionists’ joy was short-lived as four of the party fell to their death on the descent. It is a ...

Only a few elite climbers really knew what Tobin had done ... as a first alpine-style ascent, and another (The Matterhorn) as a solo, winter ascent. “I contend it was the best season anyone ...

Then the worst storm ever recorded in Zermatt hits the Matterhorn. With time and weather against them, the team is forced to climb in the dark as thunderstorms rumble around them. This adventure ...

As well as beautiful, the Matterhorn is also steeped in history tinged with tragedy. The first ascensionists’ joy was short-lived as four of the party fell to their death on the descent. It is a ...