They’re also Utah’s tallest range, and include the state’s tallest point, King’s Peak, with an elevation of 13,528 feet. Thursday’s avalanche took place at 10,300 feet, according to the ...

Shishapangma is the world's 14th tallest peak and is considered one of the easier mountains of its height. The scale of the avalanche and its impact on other climbers in the area is still unknown.

There is little, if any, dispute that Gangkhar Puensum stands as the tallest unclimbed mountain in the world. At 24,836 feet,it easily surpasses the benchmark set by Bhutan officials in 1994 that ...