Annapurna, the 10th highest peak in the world, is popular to climb in early spring but has proven difficult because of gaping ...

As the winter climbing season draws to a close in the Himalayas, two avalanches rocketed down the steep slopes of Annapurna over the weekend above Camp 2. The first avalanche missed the only ...

The news was announced on Nepalese television yesterday: 7 French mountaineers/trekkers and 11 Nepalese Sherpa have been killed by an avalanche at Kang Guru Base Camp. Kang Guru lies in the Manang ...

That is also the most avalanche-prone section of the mountain ... Topo of the normal route to the summit of Annapurna. Photo: Cairngram Garcia noted that experienced Sherpas know where the ...

an important pass in the Annapurna circuit, one of the most famous treks in the world. This trek is currently extremely popular as October is, historically, considered to be the best time of year to ...

Finally, one team is willing to attempt a new route on an 8,000'er. An Italian trio will do a new partial line on Annapurna, up the Northwest Spur.

In one of the most audacious, yet perfectly executed, climbs, Ueli Steck soloed a new route on the south face of Annapurna in 2013. The new route climbs the wide depression/gully between the 1970 ...

In one of the most audacious, yet perfectly executed, climbs, Ueli Steck soloed a new route on the south face of Annapurna in 2013. The new route climbs the wide depression/gully between the 1970 ...

Despite its name, Annapurna's slopes are unforgiving and dangerous with high avalanche risk, unpredictable weather, and complex terrain. The mountain's fatality-to-summit ratio of over 30% make it ...

According to record-holding climber Mingma G, they will attempt to reach the summit of Mt Annapurna I (8091m) this week as a team of Sherpa climbers from Imagine Nepal Treks already opened a ...