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Local authorities are shutting down a hiking destination on Mount Everest in China’s Tibet region after heavy snowfall ...

Five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides were killed when an avalanche struck Mount Yalung Ri as rescue teams are facing ...

An avalanche that crashed through a camp on Nepal’s Mount Yalung Ri on Monday has killed at least seven people, including five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides, officials said.

When you think about the world’s highest mountains, Mount Everest probably comes to mind first. The planet’s roof is actually crowded with giants. Nearly all of them are clustered in the Himalayas and ...

Authorities issued a hopeful update regarding roughly 200 trapped hikers following the rescue of 350. Local volunteers and professional rescue workers came together last weekend after severe storms ...

A South Korean climber has died in Nepal after getting caught in a powerful storm while attempting to summit a Himalayan peak just south of Mount Everest. Meanwhile, hundreds of hikers have begun ...

Officials in Nepal say an avalanche swept through a camp on Mount Yalung Ri on Monday and killed five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides. an Armed Police Force spokesperson says five other people ...

(CNN) — An avalanche that crashed through a camp on Nepal’s Mount Yalung Ri on Monday has killed at least three people, with four foreign climbers still missing, officials said.

American mountaineer Jim Morrison made history this week when he put on his skis and carefully carved his way down one of Mount Everest’s most treacherous slopes. He is the first person to ski the ...

Three American citizens were among seven people who were killed when an avalanche swept through a camp on Nepal’s Mount Yalung Ri, police said.