Despite more than a century and a half of climbing history, even the most popular peaks in the Alps have some potential new lines. Two of those elusive firsts recently fell to determined seekers.

On 06/02/2024 Italian alpinists François Cazzanelli, Jerome Perruquet, Marco Farina and Stefano Stradelli established a new route on the South Face of the Matterhorn (4,478m). On the 6th of February ...

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 ...

A vertigo-inducing video showing climbers on a ridge at the top of the Matterhorn, one the highest summits in the Alps, has captivated viewers on TikTok. The dizzying views from nearly 15,000 feet ...

Sam Evermore and his father trained for two years to achieve their dream summit. Three years after becoming the youngest person to summit Yosemite's El Capitan rock formation, 11-year-old Sam Evermore ...

Tom Ballard on the summit of the Matterhorn on 10/02/2014 after having climbed the Schmidt route in 2 hours and 59 minutes. Planetmountain.com is a site about climbing, mountaineering, trekking, via ...