This year’s Winter Olympics feature a new event called “skimo,” or ski mountaineering. The racing event involves periods of skiing uphill using “skins” for traction, sprinting uphill on foot, and a ...

Dotted across the mountains of Southeast Alaska, white mountain goats move deftly through rugged snowscapes. Though climbing high into the mountains leaves predators below, an avalanche could pose a ...

There is little trial and error when it comes to navigating avalanches. Especially if you’re a mountain goat, without access to an Intro to Backcountry course or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Massive male alpine ibex or mountain goat (Capra ibex) showing its power standing in a summer alpine meadow against rocky slopes, ...

Massive male alpine ibex or mountain goat (Capra ibex) showing its power standing in a summer alpine meadow against rocky slopes, Alps mountains, Italy.© Dario Pautasso/Shutterstock.com Goats often ...