Mountain Climbing Expeditions

Dramatic visuals of climbers and skiers in rugged mountain terrains, focusing on adventure and the beauty of high alpine environments.

Young woman hiking in Sagarmatha National Park, Everest Base Camp trek, Nepal

A rock climber ascends slabs at the base of the huge cliff known as The Apron, overlooking Washington Column and North Dome, Yosemite Valley, Californ...

Male skier hiking with skis around a moraine kettle pond below the Eklutna Glacier, Chugach Mountains, Southcentral Alaska, Spring

Young men building tent in snow, Tyrol, Austria

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Two women ski mountaineers looking into a crevasse on the Biafo glacier in the Karakoram mountains of Pakistan

Asia, Nepal, Himalayas, Sagarmatha National Park, Solu Khumbu Everest Region, the Khumbu icefall on Mt Everest, climbers crossing ladders over a crevasse

Climbing at Via Ferrata Ivano Dibona in the Dolomites, Italy.

Mountain climbers congratulating one another following the ascent to the summit of Wilder Pfaff Mountain, Stubai Valley, Stubai Alps, Neustift im Stubaital, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Mountaineers during the ascent of the southern summit of Aiguille du Tour, Mont Blanc massif, Alps, Canton of Valais, Switzerland, Europe

Mountaineer on secured route next to snow field from Simonyhuette to Adamekhuette, rocky alpine terrain, Salzkammergut, Upper Austria, Austria, Europe

Hiker on the ascent to the Great Kinigat, Carnic Main Ridge, Carnic High Trail, Carnic Alps, Carinthia, Austria, Europe

Hiker celebrating success on mountain summit with trekking poles

Hikers in snow on track to Laguna de los Tres, Parque Nacional Los Glaciares, Patagonia, Argentina (MR)

Snowshoe hiker passing the Drei Zinnen Mountain or Tre Cime di Lavaredo, High Puster Valley or Alto Pusteria, Bolzano-Bozen, Dolomite Alps, Italy, Europe

Young man in colourful clothes swings a rope on an Icelandic glacer

France, Chamonix, Grands Montets, Aiguille Verte, group of mountaineers

A female mountaineer winds her rope in front of her tent at base camp, Mt. Baker

Via ferrata Passo Santner, Catinaccio group, Dolomites, South Tyrol, Italy, Europe

Mountaineer at the summit of the Sulzkogel, mountains in winter, Sellraintal, Kuehtai, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

A climber stands on the summit of Jim Kelly Peak, beside an old mast that was historically used for a weather station.

Mountain climbers congratulating one another following the ascent to the summit of Wilder Pfaff Mountain, Stubai Valley, Stubai Alps, Tyrol, Austria, Europe

Mountaineers taking part in a race in front of the Buellelejoch Mountain Hut, Hochpustertal Valley or High Puster Valley or Alto Pusteria, Bolzano-Bozen, Dolomite Alps, Italy, Europe

Hiker against Grossglockner Mountain, Tauern National Park, Austria

A woman climber practices ascending a rope on a steep snow slope

Hiking man in Canadian mountains. Hike is the popular recreation activity in North America. There are a lot of picturesque trails.

Europe, Switzerland, Swiss Alps, Valais, Zermatt, climber crossing a crevasse on Monte Rosa (MR).

Two young women and a young man climbing a mountain, Lake Louise, Alberta, Canada

Female hiker descending rocky narrow ridge from Helvetestind mountain peak, Lofotodden national park, Moskenesøy, Lofoten Islands, Norway

Friends hike and fly paragliding adventure in New Zealand mountains

Caucasian hiker crossing rope bridge between rock formations

Three skiers pull sleds on Baltoro Glacier with K2 behind, at 8,611 metes elevation it is the second highest peak in the world, Karakoram Mountains, Pakistan

Two women ski mountaineers hiking on the Biafo Glacier in the Karakoram Himalya in Pakistan

Mountain climbers ascend Cayambe volcano, Ecuador, South America

Two men hiking on the north end of the Presidential Range and the traditional start of the range traverse.

Climbers Dry Out Their Gear After A Stormy Night At Basecamp

Exhausted racer leaning over trekking poles at the top of a hike in an adventure race in Telluride, Colorado

Male trail runners running along trail at sunrise in mountains

A BASE jumper in flight, gliding with the aid of a wingsuit.

Summit of the Alpspitze in the Wetterstein Mountains with mountaineers in front of the Hochblassen, Ferrata roped climbing trail Alpspitze, Jubilaeumsgrat, aerial view, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Oberland, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Young male hiker pointing to somewhere; mountain scenic, Mont Blanc, Italy.

Tall male mountain climber hiking down a steep scree and rock slope in the wild mountains of the Dolomites in Alta Badia in the northern Italian Alps

Rear view of female hiker with hiking poles on rocks at mountain

Mountain climber coils a climbing rope high up on a ridge in the mountains.

Hikers crossing crevasses on the Monte Rosa glacier, Zermatt, Valais, Switzerland

A female rock climber ascends the Takakkaw Falls route 5.6 in Yoho National Park, BC

Norway, people climbing on the Bodalen glacier

A runner tops a 13,000-foot pass in the hardrock 100. Billed as the toughest running race in America by many, the Hardrock 100 covers 100 miles and includes climbing a total of nea

People running on hills during daytime, Alpe Devero, Verbania, Italy

Mountain climber ascending on Emmons-Winthrop climbing route on Mount Rainier, Mount Rainier National Park, Washington State, USA

People walking on Striding Edge, Helvellyn, Lake District, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Climbing at Via Ferrata Ivano Dibona in the Dolomites, Italy.

A mountaineer with a backpack walks in wheelchairs, stands on a dusty glacier with sneakers in the hands between cracks in the mountains

Trail runner tying shoot on rock with mountain views behind

A male hiker is climbing steep ladders to the Pas des Chevres (mountain goat passage) halfway the Haute Route, a classic hike between Chamonix in France and Zermatt in Switzerland. For fit hikers it takes ten days.

Trailrunner surrounded by sulfur fumaroles and chloride crusts on the crater rim, Gran Cratere, Vulcano Island, Aeolian and Lipari Islands, Sicily, Italy, Europe

New Zealand, South Island, West Coast, Fox Glacier Village, Fox Glacier hikers along Fox River

Cleaning the Mer de Glace

Female backcountry skiier ascending, Wendelstein range, Bavarian Alps, Bavaria, Germany

Two People on Chair Lift, Grindelweld, Switzerland, 1964

Hang gliders at edge of cliff during Hang Gliding Festival, Telluride, Colorado

New Zealand, South Island, Arthurs Pass National Park. Sam Brenner packing up camp in bad weather at Waimakariri Col. (MR)

France, Chamonix, Grands Montets, Les Droites, Les Courtes, Argentiere Valley, group of mountaineers

USA, Washington State, Mount Rainier National Park, Camp Muir, climber high camp at 10100'

Tourist throwing offering into smoke vent of volcano, Mount Bromo, Bromo Tengger Semeru N.P., East Java, Indonesia

Snowboarder, skier, and Lunch Chalet, Ohau Snow Fields, Lake Ohau and Ben Ohau, Mackenzie Country, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

Tony Chan climbing Perspective (11a) at Nightmare Rock. Murrin Park. Squamish, British Columbia, Canada

Two women ski mountaineers reading a map at Snow Lake on the Biafo glacier in the Karakoram himalaya of Pakistan

Man doing handstand from log rail with snowy peaks behind in autumn Canada Alberta Banff National Park

Racing in FAI World Sailplane Grand Prix, Andes Mountains, Chile, South America - aerial

Fly fisherman in the Ala river of Vallagarina, Trentino, Italy, Europe

Search and Rescue team members watch skiers on the slopes of Tuckerman Ravine on Mount Washington in the White Mountains of New Hampshire

Climbers wear crampons to climb on the ice on La Mer de Glace Glacier; France

. Woman climbing in the rain.

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