Seven climbers initially were reported dead, four missing and four injured after an avalanche struck a Himalayan base camp in western Nepal on Monday morning. File photo courtesy of NASA Nov. 3 (UPI) ...

Nepal will issue Everest permits only to climbers with experience of scaling at least one of the Himalayan nation’s 7,000-meter (22,965 ft) peaks, according to the draft of a new law aimed at reducing ...

KATHMANDU, Nepal — An avalanche swept through a camp on Mount Yalung Ri in Nepal on Monday and killed five foreign climbers and two Nepali guides, officials said. Armed Police Force spokesperson ...

A sudden and powerful blizzard hit the Tibetan side of Mount Everest on Friday, trapping nearly 1,000 hikers, guides, and support staff in remote mountain camps during China’s busy National Day ...

Seven Italian climbers are missing in Nepal’s Himalayan mountains after heavy snowstorms and avalanches have killed at least nine people in recent days. Three Italian climbers were among five ...

Search and rescue teams were battling harsh weather on Tuesday to find four missing climbers after an avalanche at a Himalayan peak in Nepal killed seven people, officials said. The avalanche hit the ...

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 ...

BEIJING (AP) — Early-season snowfalls have stranded hikers in two mountainous areas in western China, including several hundred at the base of Mount Everest, and forced the closing of trails in a ...