Grenoble hosted the 1968 Winter Olympics, but its winters are shorter and milder nowadays, and with less consistent heavy ...

A small town in California was hit by earthquakes once every 22 years for over a century, setting the stage for a major ...

Olympic bronze medalist Ueli Kestenholz has died at 50 after being trapped in an avalanche while snowboarding in Switzerland.

Hiking will always be a part of life in the Alps, but climate change has made navigating high-alpine routes more complicated ...

A hiker escaping summer heat in the Italian Alps in 2023 spotted unusual markings on a rock—fossilized footprints from ...

At dawn in the German-speaking Alps, the world begins in silence. The sky’s first pink breath brushes the knife-edge peaks, and the crisp air carries only the faint clang of distant cowbells. Then a ...

This story is created by National Geographic Traveller (UK). As options for the traditional chalet ski break have dwindled and prices risen, venturing to Europe’s far corners and beyond for a ski ...