Three bodies found on Ecuador's Chimborazo volcano are believed to be those of climbers who went missing some 20 years ago in an avalanche, officials said Sunday. Mountain guides located the remains ...

The Chimborazo volcano, the highest peak in Ecuador, is a popular draw for mountaineers, several of whom have died in recent years in avalanches and accidents ...

From here, many choose to drive about two hours to hike in Llanganates National Park. This area is famous for the legend of Incan Emperor Atahualap’s lost treasure, an alleged bounty of precious ...

A group of mountaineers climbing the Carihuairazo volcano in Ecuador fell nearly 200 feet on Saturday morning, resulting in the deaths of three and 12 others being injured, rescue officials said.

When the springs dried up the local indigenous leaders raised their eyes to the heavens. They knew what they would find. Up above, the glacier that capped Chimborazo volcano was receding. The glacier ...

SARASOTA, Fla. — Two Sarasota crimefighters faced their toughest challenger yet -- all the way in Ecuador. The two officers hiked a volcano, said to be the highest peak near the equator. Sitting at ...

Ecuador's Sangay volcano, which has erupted several times since 2019, erupted once again this week, launching ash for miles around in the provinces of Chimborazo, Los Ríos and Bolívar. Belinda ...

From her temporary living quarters in Ecuador, Henrico High School graduate Emily Soule could look toward the horizon and see a towering reminder of home: a glacier-capped volcano in the Andes called ...

Chimborazo Volcano (6,263 m; 20,548 ft above sea level) where Dr Ken Sims will be spending much of his time doing field work during his US Fulbright Scholar Research in Ecuador, photo by Marco Cruz.

Three mountaineers died and 12 were injured after they fell while climbing Ecuador's Carihuairazo volcano, rescue services said Saturday. "A 47-year-old woman and two men aged 45 and 50 died in this ...