This Stunning Swiss Town Has Cozy Chalets, Epic Skiing, and One of the Highest Mountains in Europe. Come to Zermatt for the Matterhorn, stay for the shopping.

Take a ride on one of the most scenic cogwheel trains from Zermatt to Gornergrat, offering stunning views of Switzerland's highest peak, Dufourspitze, the iconic Matterhorn, and some of the best ...

Mountains are collapsing: A Swiss mountain peak fell apart, ... With the south peak collapsed, the middle peak is the new summit at 11,145 feet — the second-highest summit in the Silvretta Alps.

At 28,251 feet, K2 is the world's second highest peak after Mount Everest. Art Wolfe/The Image Bank/Getty Images Japan's highest mountain, Mount Fuji draws more than 200,000 annual climbers.

Today, you can walk along suspended bridges from peak to peak, or fly at speed down a high-altitude zip-line. You can take a cable car to swing in front of the north face of Switzerland’s Eiger ...

If you're ranking continents by their highest peaks, South America comes in second with Aconcagua in Argentina and its 22,834-foot summit. As the tallest mountain not in Asia, Aconcagua gets the ...