A helicopter on Tuesday lifted the cross from the 2,962-meter (9,718-foot) peak of the Zugspitze — a mountain shared between ...

Visitors to Germany's highest peak will have to do without the landmark gilded cross at its summit for the next few weeks.

This mountain may not be as high or as famous as Everest, but it's a riskier endeavor requiring a higher level of skill and ...

Mount Everest is 29,032 feet tall, and every year, hundreds attempt to climb it. Its fatality rate is 1%. Here are five ...

In practice, there is a natural ceiling imposed by the physics of planet Earth itself. The height of mountains is a balancing act between constructive and ...

The current cross was made by her father, Franz Würzinger, in 1993, replacing the original from 1851, which was damaged ...

Researchers believe that melting ice and snow shifted the true summit of the iconic peak from a frozen ridge to a pile of ...

ROCKWOOD, Tenn. (WATE) — He now resides in Rockwood, Tennessee, but Jim Meritt has hiked all over the world. Now 65, it’s been a lifelong journey for Merritt to blaze a trail to the top of the highest ...

Western Northern Carolina's highest elevation are past peak, but fall color is moving down the slopes. Where can leaf peepers ...