Extraordinary coincidences led to a misunderstanding about an accident on the Matterhorn. Yet the lesson remains: Mountaineering is no joke, the Matterhorn is a serious endeavor, and mistakes ...

The Matterhorn has claimed the lives of three mountaineers in less than a week, in two separate falls of around 1,000m and 800m. According to Valais Cantonal Police, two of the climbers died on on ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Sam Evermore, the Colorado Springs climbing kid, is in Europe attempting to ascend the Matterhorn. Halfway across the world, we caught up with the 10-year-old and his ...

Not many kids can say they've ascended to some of the world's most famous peaks, one Colorado Springs family has a couple of ...

Despite more than a century and a half of climbing history, even the most popular peaks in the Alps have some potential new lines. Two of those elusive firsts recently fell to determined seekers.

During his 50-year career at Disneyland, Jimmie Payton was the first to climb Matterhorn mountain with Mickey Mouse and scaled the man-made peak more than 300 times — including during the 50th ...

Two Japanese climbers who scaled the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps have been found dead on the mountain, according to the Japanese foreign ministry. A spokesman said both men were in their 60s, but ...