From the top of the Eiger, where the air is thin, the grand reveal is a monumental view of Switzerland’s most storied region. The vast Bernese Alps stretch out on all sides, with their colossal ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Like many serious climbers, I’ve long dreamed of climbing the Eiger Nordwand, the north face of the Alps’ most notorious peak. Fortunately, I always wake up ...

A project using custom-made 360-degree cameras mounted on the backs of climbers scaling the Eiger in the Swiss Alps has captured a unique and dizzying view of the mountain's infamous north face.

Travel from the waterfall valley of Lauterbrunnen toward Grindelwald and the iconic Eiger North Face. This scenic Bernese Oberland drive offers beautiful views of mountain peaks, green valleys, and ...

The following is a script from "Taking on the Eiger" which aired on Nov. 29, 2015. Anderson Cooper is the correspondent. Tom Anderson, producer. The Eiger -- in the Swiss Alps -- is one of the most ...

No route up Switzerland’s 13,025-foot Eiger is easy, but the 23-pitch, 3,000-foot La Paciencia—first bolted and free-climbed by Swiss alpinists Ueli Steck and Stephan Siegrist in 2008—is widely viewed ...