Far from the overcrowded Himalayan summits, some mountaineers take on lesser-known, more remote parts of the mountain chain.

Nepal's mountains including Everest have long drawn climbers from across the world, but a growing community is exploring hidden Himalayan summits promising solitude and the chance to be first to the ...

Two alpinists have become the first to summit the north face of Jannu East, one of the last unclimbed peaks in the Himalayas.

BENGALURU, India — Glaciers are melting at unprecedented rates across the Hindu Kush Himalayan mountain range and could lose up to 80% of their volume this century if greenhouse gas emissions aren’t ...

High in the Himalayas, such extreme weather means blizzards and snowstorms, which is a huge risk for trekking, mountaineering ...

LADAKH, India (AP) — Carrying her 1-year-old son on her back, Tsering Dolma herds a dozen yaks into a stone-walled corral as evening approaches in the desolate mountains of India’s remote Ladakh ...

How and when do mountains grow? It is tempting to think of mountain formation as something that takes place only extremely gradually, on timescales of tens of millions of years. One tectonic plate ...

At least 10 people have been declared dead and 18 remain missing in the Himalayan mountains of India after several dozen mountaineers were caught in an avalanche Tuesday, police said Wednesday.

For years, we believed the Himalayas were a climatic sanctuary—untouched, pristine, and resilient to the turbulence of ...

A photo that purportedly shows the view of the Himalayas from space is drawing attention on social media. “This is what the Himalayas look like from space!” read the caption of a Sept. 4 Instagram ...