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 ...

Explorers have mapped the surface of the iconic Matterhorn painstakingly by foot, by satellite, and now by drone, thanks to a partnership between drone maker senseFly and nonprofit Drone Adventures.

For “one crowded hour of glorious life” in the summer of 1865, a British engraver named Edward Whymper was on top of the world. He’d conquered the unconquerable Matterhorn, besting his rivals, and now ...

GENEVA — Swiss police said that the remains of a German climber who has been missing for nearly 40 years were found by climbers earlier this month as ice was melting by the Matterhorn mountain. Police ...

A South Korean man has become the seventh climber this year to fall to their death on the Matterhorn peak in Switzerland as guides continue to call on officials to close the mountain for being “too ...

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 ...

Get all the latest news on coronavirus and more delivered daily to your inbox. Sign up here. A projection of the Stars and Stripes lit up the face of the Matterhorn in the Swiss Alps in a show of ...

In a quiet corner of the Monte Rosa Hotel in Zermatt, Switzerland’s highest ski resort, there is a room full of faded photographs of Britain’s bravest (and most reckless) mountaineers. These are the ...

Toblerone is changing its chocolate bar's iconic packaging as the company moves to comply with new "Swissness" laws. But don't worry: The chocolate will stay the same. The wrapper will no longer ...