Mountains
The Swiss mountain with a racist name – and the artist fighting to rechristen it
Agassizhorn is an alp in Switzerland named after a notorious scientist. Sasha Huber explains why she flew to the summit by helicopter and rechristened it Rentyhorn – in honour of an enslaved man
Sean O’Hagan
21, Nov, 2022 @4:01 PM
Country diary: The quiet of the mountains is deep and wide
Feshie Hills, Cairngorms: A golden day on Sgòr Gaoith becomes heavy with mist, with a few characters appearing out of the cloud
Merryn Glover
08, Nov, 2022 @5:30 AM
Mountaineers recover cameras lost in 1937 expedition to Canadian peak
Expert team studied maps, old photos and satellite data to estimate glacier movements and track lost gear
Leyland Cecco in Toronto
05, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM
The great Ben Nevis glow-up: how I hiked up a mountain and became an artwork
The UK’s most stunning locations have been turned into works of art by 11,000 ‘lumenators’. Our writer grabs a geolight and gets a wind-chilled, freezing cold thrill on Britain’s tallest peak
Joanna Moorhead
25, Oct, 2022 @3:17 PM
Summit Fever review – super-real mountain-climbing drama is dizzying experience
With seemingly-authentic mountaineering sequences, this is a visually resplendent film about peak-scaling – just don’t look down at the plot
Phil Hoad
11, Oct, 2022 @6:00 AM
‘The mountains protect us’: safeguards sought for Philippines’ Sierra Madre shield against typhoons
Kaliwa dam project in the Sierra Madre would be disastrous for main island’s storm defences as well as biodiversity, say conservationists
Rebecca Ratcliffe South-east Asia correspondent
06, Oct, 2022 @4:14 AM
Country diary: Amid the stone circles, plant life is thriving
The Marches, Shropshire: This mythical space is as alive now as it was then – in the lichens on the stones, and the heathy flora of the common
Paul Evans
22, Sep, 2022 @4:30 AM
‘It definitely isn’t flat’: Netherlands mountain trail proves an unlikely success
No need for tourists to bring ropes on this seven-peak hike in the Low Countries
Daniel Boffey
04, Sep, 2022 @10:00 AM
High: A Journey across the Himalayas by Erika Fatland
An anthropologist establishes a unique rapport with the people she encounters on this unromantic trek through the mountains
Anna Fleming
02, Sep, 2022 @6:30 AM
Third of staff laid off at major New Zealand ski field as warm winter leaves slopes barren
Operator at North Island’s Mount Ruapehu lays off 130 people, with expert saying climate crisis at least partly to blame for poor snow season
Eva Corlett in Wellington, and agencies
26, Aug, 2022 @5:47 AM
French mayor to ask Mont Blanc climbers for €15,000 rescue and funeral deposit
Mayor of Saint-Gervais-les-Bains imposed measure after dozens of ‘pseudo-mountaineers’ ignored warnings
Angela Giuffrida
04, Aug, 2022 @12:35 PM
The Guardian view on the warming of the Alps: a challenge for tourism | Editorial
Editorial: Higher temperatures mean less snow snow and ice, more rockfalls and more fatalities on Europe’s overcrowded mountains. This cannot go on
Editorial
01, Aug, 2022 @5:25 PM
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