Anjan Truffer, the head of Zermatt's air rescue service, told the BBC "flying is not an option" in the search due to the "very strong winds, heavy snow, high avalanche danger, and zero visibility." ...

As if that wasn't enough, the Mer de Glace's world-famous ice caves provide an awesome, immersive experience that combines the glacier's immaculate natural beauty with the best of human ...

A teenage Boy Scout from New Mexico was killed in a camping accident this weekend after a snow cave he was building collapsed on him. Josh Miko of Los Alamos was camping alongside fellow members ...

Team members in nearby Snow Cave cleared blasted rubble from a passage that had been blocked by a “boulder choke.” Like mountaineers scaling a Himalaya peak, our expedition of 56 cavers from ...

You won’t even recognize it.” McGregor and Cartaya have identified three distinct caves in the Sandy Glacier and named them Snow Dragon, Pure Imagination and Frozen Minotaur. The combined ...

snow cave, quinzhee, and igloo. Igloos are the best, but also the most impractical in a survival situation. Snow trenches and tree pits are the simplest. A snow trench is a trench dug into the ...

Here's how you build a snow cave. You make a big pile of snow. You get your shovel and you just build a big hill. You pack it down as you go. Maybe you even try to walk on it. After you got a good ...

Polar bears eat ringed seals, so if baby seals keep dying off, eventually there will be a decline in the seal population, ...

Sverre Nøkling is not your typical outdoorsman. For the past 30 years he has been living on his own in snow caves in the Norwegian mountains. Always on the move, using a pair of old wooden skis ...

Alpine Club Malaysia said Zulkifli Yusuf (pic) died in a snow cave while awaiting help, as reported by officials from the US National Park Service.“At 6am (local time) on Friday, rescuers ...