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Mountains

October 2026

  • A lone hiker walks across the Alabama Hills beneath Mount Whitney's jagged, snow-streaked peaks

    Body of missing California hiker covered in snow retrieved on Mount Whitney

    Hazardous storm conditions delayed recovery efforts on mountain that has proved to be a perilous hiking spot
  • Mountain in Slovenia after melting of glacier.

    Slovenia mourns loss of glacier on its highest peak after scorching summer

    Extreme heat accelerated disappearance of Triglav glacier from mountain revered as a symbol of Slovenian identity
  • An Aiguille du Midi cable car traverses Mont-Blanc

    Mont Blanc, the ‘roof of Europe’, loses more than a metre of height in a year

    Peak of French mountain now 4,807 metres high and fluctuates year by year due to changes in Alpine climate

September 2026

  • Alpacas walk down a mountain road at sunrise

    From the agencies
    Alpabzug! Swiss mountain alpaca herding – in pictures

    Each autumn the traditional alpabzug (descent of herds) sees farmers in Switzerland move their livestock from mountain pastures down to valley barns. In the Griesalp area above Kiental around 70 alpacas were herded down the valley, before being transported by truck to their winter farm at Aeschi, near Spiez, in the Bernese Oberland
    Gallery10
  • A frozen lake overlooked by a glacier and snowy mountains.

    Southern frontlines: Latin America and the Caribbean
    The Patagonia town where Nepal’s deadly glacier flood could be repeated – and what they’ve learned

    The risk to El Chaltén in Argentina has been known for years but recent findings and the Nepal disaster have brought planning for the worst-case scenario into sharp focus
  • Aiguille du Grepon tower and Grand Jorasses massif.

    Country diary
    Country diary 1926: Machines are invading even the wildest places

    25 September 1926: A droning mechanical noise reached me from a solitary building in the mountain forest

August 2026

  • A person climbing a mountain.

    Volunteers rescue man stuck on 10,000ft-high ledge in Sierra Nevada

    Climber, stuck on 6in ridge, had veered off treacherous path and ‘any fall would almost certainly be fatal’
  • A hiker walks down a path on a rocky summit, with valley and further hills behind

    ‘I came to the Highlands to give something back to the hills’: a volunteering trip in Scotland

    I found two days of hard graft – repairing hiking paths with a conservation trust in stunningly remote Wester Ross – a surprisingly rewarding experience
  • People walking next to the refuge, with a mountain peak in the background

    Tourists on pastry quest overrun scenic spot in Italian mountains

    Alpine communities hit out after influencer videos draw huge queues to Friedrich August refuge in Dolomites

July 2026

  • Russia’s Mount Elbrus

    Bodies of five climbers found on Russia’s highest mountain

  • Hikers walk up a rocky trail at sunrise toward Mount Olympus with snow patches

    ‘No time to waste’: Greece bids for Mount Olympus to be included on Unesco list of world heritage sites

  • Peter Novotny wearing shorts, helmet and rucksack in a verdant mountainous landscape

    Experience
    Experience: I hunt for missing hikers in remote mountains

  • An illustration of the Atlantropa project to dam the Mediterranean Sea

    Bomb the Arctic, dam the Mediterranean and build a second moon: five outlandish plans to remodel our climate

  • Novice climber rescued after surviving 1,500ft fall down California mountain

  • Opinion
    Some question why young women should climb mountains but hiking gives me freedom

    Mohsina Gufran

June 2026

  • Great Langdale Beck in the Late District during the June 1976 drought.

    Country diary
    Country diary 1976: I attained nirvana on a scorching day in the fells

  • Swiss glaciers are set to lose an enormous amount of ice due to the heatwave battering Europe.

    Snow and ice on Swiss glaciers melting at alarming rate amid heatwave, expert says

  • Green meadow with scattered buildings surrounded by forested mountains and dramatic rocky peaks in Vanoise national park

    Terrawatch
    Could mountains be key to unlocking hydrogen’s potential?

  • A single Koflach boot against an illustration of Everest.

    Mount Everest, a climber known only as ‘Green Boots’, and the mission to solve a 30-year mystery

May 2026

  • Mount Everest

    Melbourne teenager Bianca Adler becomes youngest Australian to climb Mount Everest

    The 18-year-old high school student reached the top of the world’s tallest mountain on her second attempt
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