A 26-year-old mountain guide died after getting caught in an avalanche in the Western Pyrenees mountains that separate France and Spain.

The man was on a ski tour with a friend when the avalanche struck. The guide appeared to have died after an impact with a tree. It is unclear if he was trying to turn [...]

Search and rescue teams located a missing 27-year-old hiker at 3 a.m. near Siuslaw River in Oregon.

Friends reported her overdue when she failed to return from her hike at 7:30 p.m. last night. Crews immediately began searching the area and fought through 14 inches of snow. She was finally found 12 hours after she started [...]

A teen broke an ankle after leaving the popular Bump-n-Grind trail above Palm Desert in Southern California.

The teen was hiking with two friends. They veered from the trail and were exploring when the teen suddenly slipped and suffered the injury. The teens had cell phones and called for help. They were stranded on a ridge [...]

Thanks to Bergschlawiner of the MRA International Committee and Seattle Mountain Rescue for sending in this story.

A Polish tourist lost in the Western Tatra mountain range was found alive at 6.25 a.m. on Sunday thanks to the joint efforts of Polish and Slovak rescue teams, who conducted an intensive search lasting several hours.

The man [...]

Snow and muddy conditions disoriented two mountain bikers who became lost in the Los Padres National Forest in California.

Kevin Henne and Allen Thrift, both 22 years old, were mountain biking in the backcountry of the forest. The two encountered snow and muddy conditions and somehow lost their way back to the trailhead.

A friend was scheduled [...]

A solo climber was caught in terrible weather on Mt. Baker and was forced to spend the night in a crevasse before descending the mountain.

Stanislav Zinkov, a 28-year-old immigrant of Russia, planned to summit a technical route on Mt. Baker with a friend. Unfortunately, his friend bailed on him at the last moment and Zinkov [...]

Southern California got its first major snow storm this weekend and I was up in the mountains for the last few days playing in the fresh snow. Lots of stories for everybody coming up over the next couple days. Gotta play some catch up.

Above is a view from Mt. Baldy looking east into the [...]

A ski patroller cutting the slope in the Dragon’s Tail area of Mammoth, CA was buried in an avalanche on Tuesday.

The victim was with a partner at the time. His partner wasn’t swept away in the flow and radioed for help. Mono County Search and Rescue assisted Mammoth personnel to rescue the man.

Ski patrol found [...]

Three climbers are caught in terrible weather on Mount San Valentin in the Chilean Patagonia.

The climbers arrived in the area on Dec. 11 and planned to summit the mountain, the tallest peak in Patagonia at 4,100 meters.

Strong winds and heavy snow hampered any effort to reach the climbers by foot or air. Overnight lows are [...]

Minnie Mouse was rescued after breaking her leg in a mountain bike accident in the Lake District, UK.

The woman, an experienced rider in her 30s, dressed up as Minnie Mouse during a “fancy dress ride” where riders were encouraged to wear costumes during their mountain bike trek. Other riders’ costumes included Dennis the Menace, Shrek, [...]