For over a hundred years, scientists have discussed what keeps the high peaks of the Himalayas standing. Now, a new study published in the journal Tectonics may have changed long-held beliefs about ...

How and when do mountains grow? It is tempting to think of mountain formation as something that takes place only extremely gradually, on timescales of tens of millions of years. One tectonic plate ...

Siachen Glacier is known as the Crown of the Himalayas because it is one of the largest and highest glaciers in the Himalayan ...

“The secret of the mountain is that the mountains simply exist, as I do myself: the mountains exist simply, which I do not. The mountains have no ‘meaning,’ they are meaning; the mountains are. The ...

JOSHIMATH, India — Tending his fields one crisp winter morning, Chandra Singh Rana saw what looked like smoke emerging from the wooded slopes and snow-capped peaks that led to Nanda Devi, one of the ...

BRECKENRIDGE Mountain to Mountain, the Breckenridge-based organization dedicated to promoting education and community development in remote mountain communities, will host a Views of the Himalaya ...

During the coldest part of the winter in the Himalyas, the snow density is the same as the famed Wasatch powder. The storm rolled into the valley warm and wet. After 24 hours of howling winds ...

The Himalayas are a bucket-list destination for riders (and non-riders) the world over, a pinnacle of the splendor of nature. Here, the scenery varies from high-altitude desert to abundant ...

The Indian Himalaya Mountains are in the spotlight of tourism safety after seven tourists mountain climbing went missing last week. The missing visitors include two Americans, four Britons, and an ...

For the first time in the history of the world, billions of people have stopped what they were doing and are hiding indoors, fearful that an invisible enemy might get them. And as tragic as all this ...

The Aravalli range is widely known as the oldest mountain system in India. However, several other mountain ranges in the ...