[PHOTOS] Phone Call From Inside a 65-Foot Crevasse Triggers 13-Hour Rescue on Austria’s Dachstein Glacier Two German climbers survived a terrifying fall into a deep glacier crevasse on Austria’s Hohe Dachstein after sliding more than 300 feet across steep ice and plunging as far as 65 feet into the glacier. Despite being seriously injured, one of the men managed to call emergency services from inside the crevasse about 30 minutes later, triggering a massive overnight […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | September 8, 2026 0 Comments
Search for Missing Canadian Skyrunner at Matterhorn Shifts to Drones as Helicopter Search is Suspended The search for Canadian skyrunner Kalie McCrystal, missing on the Italian side of the Matterhorn since September 1, has entered a new phase. After a full day of aerial helicopter sweeps on Thursday, September 3 turned up no trace of the 38-year-old athlete, Italian authorities have suspended the helicopter search and are now turning to drones. Related: Canadian Skyrunner Missing […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | September 8, 2026 0 Comments
Climber Found Dead in Technical Terrain Near Colorado’s Maroon Bells A climber reported overdue in Colorado’s Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness was found dead Thursday morning, September 3, 2026, after an aerial search located the person in extremely technical terrain near the Maroon Bells. The Pitkin County Sheriff’s Office was notified Wednesday, September 2, that the climber was overdue. Authorities initially did not know the person’s planned route or itinerary. Investigators later […] Climbing SnowBrains | September 7, 2026 1 Comment
11 Climbers Killed in Avalanche on Russia’s Mount Mizhirgi As 6 Remains Missing At least 11 climbers have been killed and six remain missing after a large avalanche swept through a mountaineering group on Mount Mizhirgi in Russia’s North Caucasus. The avalanche struck the group in the Bezengi Gorge of Kabardino-Balkaria at approximately 5 p.m. local time Sunday, September 6. Russia’s regional emergency service initially reported that 15 climbers had been caught in […] Avalanche Julia Schneemann | September 7, 2026 0 Comments
Mountaineer Dies After Fatal Fall on Matterhorn, Switzerland A mountaineer died Sunday morning after falling from the Matterhorn in Switzerland, according to the Valais Cantonal Police. The accident occurred on August 30, 2026, at approximately 7 a.m. Two men were climbing the Matterhorn via the Lion Ridge (German: Liongrat), when one of them fell for reasons that remain unknown. The climber fell from an altitude of approximately 4,300 […] Climbing SnowBrains | August 31, 2026 0 Comments
Kansas Tourist Killed by Lightning Strike on Italy’s Mount Etna A 29-year-old Kansas man was recently exploring one of Italy’s most active volcanoes when tragedy struck. Dylan Standfast was a computer engineering graduate from Wichita State University and a passionate traveler. He was climbing Mount Etna, one of the tallest stratovolcanoes in all of Europe. Mount Etna also happens to be Europe’s most active volcano, with regular eruptions occasionally causing […] Climbing Joseph Kaufmann | August 30, 2026 0 Comments
The Seven Summits: The Highest Peak on Every Continent Ranked There’s something uniquely compelling about standing on top of a mountain. For skiers and snowboarders, that feeling usually comes with a chairlift, a tram, or a long bootpack, but the world’s highest summits demand something far more. Each continent has a mountain that rises above the rest, offering some of the most extreme and remote terrain on Earth. These are […] Brains Brent Glogau | August 27, 2026 0 Comments
Massive Boulder Traps Mountaineer in Crevasse During Dramatic Rescue in Austria’s Stubai Alps A mountaineer became pinned in a glacier crevasse on Monday, August 24, after a fall dislodged a roughly 200-kilogram (440-pound) boulder. While the creavasse was not very deep, the massive rock slab trapped his leg, triggering a three-hour, multi-agency rescue on Austria’s Sulzenauferner glacier in the Stubai Alps. The accident happened beneath the Zuckerhüttl, the highest peak in the Stubai […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | August 24, 2026 0 Comments
Rescue Goes Wrong as Doctor Falls During Helicopter Operation in Italy’s Dolomites Shocking video footage has emerged from a rescue operation gone wrong in Cortina d’Ampezzo in the Italian Dolomites. An emergency doctor lost her footing during a complex helicopter rescue operation of a 25-year-old hiker at the Falzarego Towers on Saturday, August 22. 2026. The SUEM emergency medical team was called to the scene of a fall of a woman from […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | August 24, 2026 0 Comments
16-Year-Old Dies After Fall on Utah’s Devil’s Castle A 16-year-old died on Wednesday, August 19, 2026, after falling several hundred feet while scrambling on Devil’s Castle in Utah’s Wasatch Range. Salt Lake County Search and Rescue (SAR), Unified Fire Authority, Alta Marshal, Air Life, and the Utah Department of Public Safety Aero Bureau responded to the incident. The teenager was scrambling with three partners when they fell several […] Climbing CragBrains | August 22, 2026 0 Comments
3 Mountaineers Die in Just 6 Days in Climbing Accidents Near Zermatt, Switzerland Three mountaineers have died in two separate incidents near Zermatt, Switzerland, within six days, as persistent summer heat continues to alter conditions across the high Alps. The latest death occurred on Wednesday, August 19, when rescuers found a missing mountaineer lifeless on the Glacier du Mountet after he failed to return from an attempted ascent of the Zinalrothorn. The mountaineer […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | August 22, 2026 0 Comments
No One Summited K2 This Year, Capping a Brutal Season in the Karakoram An unsuccessful climbing year in the Karakoram mountain range of Pakistan has finally come to an end. The 2026 climbing season will forever be scarred by the July 30 Broad Peak avalanche, which devastatingly claimed the lives of 10 mountaineers, including Nirmal Purja — a globally famous Nepalese climber who gained notoriety by setting a speed record in 2019 when […] Climbing Kien Warren | August 21, 2026 0 Comments
Bodies of 2 Belgian Mountaineers Missing for 34 Years Finally Recovered After Alpine Glacier Retreat The remains of two Belgian mountaineers who disappeared in the Swiss Alps in 1992 have been identified after retreating ice exposed their bodies on the Trift Glacier. The discovery brings an end to a 34-year mystery surrounding Marcel Bastyns and Jos Van Deun, who vanished in the Swiss Alps in September 1992. On July 26, 2026, a hiker discovered human remains […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | August 19, 2026 1 Comment
Mont Blanc’s Easiest Route Closed Since August 11 Two key refuges on Mont Blanc have been closed by mayoral decree since August 11: Tête Rousse and Refuge du Goûter. The culprit is unrelenting rockfall in the infamous Grand Couloir, which guards the otherwise straightforward normal route up Mont Blanc. The Grand Couloir, also known as the Couloir du Goûter, is no stranger to rockfall. Between 1990 and 2017, […] Climbing Sergei Poljak | August 16, 2026 0 Comments
Record-Setting Speed Climber Jake Whisenant Dies After a Fall in the Sierra Nevada, CA Jacob Whisenant, a well-known speed climber from Mammoth Lakes, California, died on Sunday, August 2, after a climbing accident in Sequoia National Park. While the Tulare County Sheriff’s Office has yet to release specific information, the death was ruled an accident, caused by blunt-force trauma as a result of a fall. His body was recovered and transferred to the Sheriff’s […] Climbing Kien Warren | August 14, 2026 0 Comments
32 Mountaineers Forced to Pay for Helicopter Evacuation from Mont Blanc, France, After Climbing Despite Closure UPDATE: 6:30 a.m. Monday, August 17: Charles Van der Elst, president of the French Federation of Alpine and Mountain Clubs (FFCAM), pushed back this week on the narrative that has formed around this incident, arguing the climbers did nothing wrong by staying at the Goûter refuge overnight. Van der Elst noted that the August 11 municipal order closed the refuges […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | August 14, 2026 1 Comment
Body of Pakistani Guide Sohail Sakhi Recovered From Broad Peak Avalanche The body of Pakistani mountain guide Sohail Sakhi has been recovered from Broad Peak in Pakistan’s Karakoram, leaving just one of the 10 climbers killed in the devastating avalanche still unrecovered. The Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP) confirmed Sakhi’s recovery on Thursday, August 13, after a team of local volunteers from Shigar searching the mountain on their own initiative discovered […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | August 13, 2026 0 Comments
Closure for Families After 9 Months as Last 5 Bodies Recovered and Identified from Yalung Ri Avalanche in Nepal Nine months after an avalanche swept seven climbers to their deaths on Yalung Ri in Nepal, the families of the five victims whose bodies remained missing finally have answers. The bodies of the five climbers were discovered by locals on August 6, 2026, after seasonal snowmelt exposed their remains near the mountain which rises to approximately 5,630 meters (18,470 feet). […] Climbing Julia Schneemann | August 11, 2026 0 Comments
Rockfall Kills 1 Climber, Injures 3 on Mount Rainier, WA A rockfall on Mount Rainier’s Disappointment Cleaver route killed a local Washington climber and injured three others early Sunday, July 19. It struck two independent parties climbing without guides, low on the mountain’s standard summit line. Six climbers were caught in the rockfall at approximately 11,600 feet (3,536 meters) at around 3:30 a.m., a Mount Rainier National Park spokesperson said. […] Climbing Matthew Oliphant | August 3, 2026 2 Comments
Broad Peak Avalanche Update: 8 Bodies Recovered And Identified Eight climbers are now confirmed dead following last week’s devastating avalanche on Broad Peak in Pakistan’s Karakoram, including legendary mountaineer Nims Dai Purja, according to updates from the Alpine Club of Pakistan (ACP). Rescue teams have recovered and identified eight of the 10 climbers caught in the avalanche on Thursday, July 30. Two climbers remain unaccounted for, although all 10 […] Avalanche Julia Schneemann | August 2, 2026 0 Comments
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