Moscow — Five climbers died after a blizzard on Mount Elbrus, Russia's emergencies ministry said Friday, in one of the worst tragedies in recent years on Europe's highest peak.. Elbrus, a ...

The summit photo showed a not-so-happy-looking kid wrapped in mountain clothes too big for him, flanked by two adults holding an Indian flag.

Rescuers in Russia have recovered the bodies of seven of 11 mountaineers who went missing on the southern Mount Elbrus, emergency officials said. | Latest News India ...

Mount Elbrus, in southern Russia on the border with Georgia, is in one of the most undeveloped and unexplored parts of the continent. But we were heading into a war zone.

MOSCOW: Many climbers have scaled Mount Elbrus the highest peak in Europe peaking at 5,642 meters. What Andrey Rodichev has achieved will probably remain a record for many many years to come.

Mount Elbrus has two summits. The western peak stands at 5,642 metres and a wind-swept "saddle" separates it from the eastern summit, which is slightly lower at 5,621 metres.

MOUNT ELBRUS, Russia — Littleton police officer and National Guardsman Steven Beare went missing two days ago in a snowstorm somewhere on Mount Elbrus in Russia according to his wife, Olivia Beare.

Mount Elbrus’ prominence —a measure of how distinct a mountainis from nearby peaks — is 15,554 feet (4,741 m), making it the 10th most prominent mountain in the world. The east summit is ...

The Russian mountain runner’s challenge was part of The Mountain Race, a fearsome run that sees competitors run 111km and climb 5,600m on the Mount Elbrus trails in the Caucasus Mountains.

“Mount Elbrus is a dormant volcano and the last explosion occurred about 2,000 years ago. The two summits of Elbrus are, in fact, two craters of volcano.

A six-year-old boy summited 5,642m Mount Elbrus last week to the delight of his family, which hurried to claim the age record -- to the dismay of most of the climbing community.