Mountaineers on Mt Cook have told rescuers of the moment a rock slide came surging towards them and described it as both terrifying and "pretty amazing".

After spending a month in a snow cave to fundraise for avalanche dogs, Blair Whitaker and two guests were forced to dig their way out, thanks to a blizzard.

Scaling the Matterhorn is something best done while you're young, says Alpine guide Rudi Steindl.

Jim Eagles finds that the inhabitants of the mountain town of Xiahe a hardy lot.

Sherpa mountaineer Nawang Gombu, the youngest member of the climbing team that first scaled Mount Everest, has died.

There are a few reinventions afoot this week in the world of information TV, with the Documentary Channel becoming BBC Knowledge and TVNZ's digital and freeview channel's 6 and 7 merging into one.

Liz Light walks in the Grazalema Mountains in southern Spain.

A climber is reported to have been killed and a paraglider has spinal injuries after accidents on two South Island mountains today.

The public has narrowly voted in favour of renaming the South Ridge of Aoraki/Mt Cook after Sir Edmund Hillary.

Champion skier Claudia Riegler enthuses about the shops, cafes and clubs that make the European ski experience so special.

The riches of the Paparoa Range were enticing, but the cost of extracting them was greater than anyone imagined, writes Grant Bradley