Francesco Favilli and Filippo Zanin, two expert Italian mountaineers, died while climbing the south face of the Marmolada, Dolomites. Shocking, devastating news once again. Two expert Italian ...

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CONSIDER THIS THE last time you’ve never heard of Cortina D’Ampezzo. You might’ve already heard about this town at the foot of Italy’s Dolomite Mountains from early promos for the Winter Olympics, ...

Home to the famously beautiful ski resorts Carezza and Latemar, the Dolomites region Eggental, in South Tyrol, could be the ...

The five mountaineers were hit by the avalanche at about 4 p.m. local time on Saturday, November 1 while climbing near the Cima Vertana, in Italy's Ortles mountains ...

A hiker who wound up stranded at the “center of a landslide” in the Italian Dolomites after ignoring warning signs was rescued by a helicopter crew who saved his life, but cost him more than $16,000.

“I always imagined I would see it for myself…” My father-in-law’s voice tailed off and his cancer-gnarled fingers tightened their grip on mine as tears engulfed us both. Spring sunshine streamed into ...

A British hiker who had to be airlifted to safety after he ignored signs and crossed warning barriers in the Italian Dolomites is paying a high price for his rescue. The 60-year-old, whose name has ...