However, some of the most dangerous peaks don't actually reach all that high. The following list is a compilation of what we consider to be the most dangerous mountains to climb in the United States.

Historian Natalia Mehlman Petrzela explores life, love and death on Earth's second-tallest peak in the new season of Extreme.

Simone and Denis were icons in the climbing world who’d pioneered new routes on some of the world’s tallest, most dangerous mountains. It’s difficult to describe how excited I was when they ...

Skog was still clipped into her rope and avoided being dragged down the mountain. Some climbers at Camp 4 saw the fall and sent a rescue team to recover Mandic, whom they thought was still alive.

A 33-year old woman froze to death while pushing for the mountain’s summit with her 36-year old boyfriend and climbing partner. With few details, the death remains a mystery and authorities will ...

But climbing the mountain is risky, and 2023 was the deadliest season on record. So, why is climbing Mount Everest so expensive? And given the risks involved, should it cost more than it does?

There are religions that put their believers' faith to the test with harsh trials. On a mountain in Japan, that test is not ...

In Nevada, the deadliest plane crash was in 1964. A four-engine Constellation operated by California’s Paradise Airlines traveling from Oakland crashed in a mountain near Lake Tahoe after two failed ...

Towering 8,611m and reaching into the heavens like a snowcapped pyramid, K2 is the world's second-tallest mountain (topped only by Everest) and arguably the hardest to climb. In Peak Danger ...

Skog was still clipped into her rope and avoided being dragged down the mountain. Some climbers at Camp 4 saw the fall and sent a rescue team to recover Mandic, whom they thought was still alive.