Ledecka to race in snowboarding at Olympics instead of Alpine downhill due to scheduling conflict

Ester Ledecka, the only woman to win gold in two different sports at the same Winter Olympics, has made a tough choice for for the Milan-Cortina Games. The Czech standout is skipping the ...

What It’s Like to Climb a Mountain in Stilettos and Formalwear

The author and her partner recently ascended a 10,000-foot peak in the Cascades while dressed for a cocktail party ...

72 peaks. 31 days. One mountaineering legend: Kilian Jornet’s mind-blowing mountain marathon

Even the most experienced mountaineers are stunned that Kilian Jornet could climb so many 14,000-foot peaks in such a short ...

American becomes the first to ski down Everest’s most challenging route

After years of planning, the mountaineer Jim Morrison successfully descended the narrow Hornbein Couloir—notching an achievement that has captivated skiers and alpinists for decades.

Grief and a reckoning in Yosemite National Park after a climber's fatal fall

This article originally published at Grief and a reckoning in Yosemite National Park after a climber's fatal fall. The ...

He survived Denali and Patagonia. A simple mistake in Yosemite killed him.

Climbers make their way up El Capitan together in Yosemite National Park during peak fall season. When Miller’s accident was ...