How will climate change reshape the Winter Olympics? The list of possible host sites is shrinking

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

Olympic medalist snowboarder Ueli Kestenholz dead at 50 after being trapped in avalanche in Swiss Alps

Snowboarder Ueli Kestenholz, a former Olympic bronze medalist from Switzerland, died on Sunday January 11. after being ...

Olympic medalist snowboarder dies after getting caught up in avalanche in the Alps

Ueli Kestenholz, an Olympic bronze medalist and decorated Swiss snowboarder, has died in his native country after being ...

Olympic Snowboarding Medalist Killed in Avalanche

Ueli Kestenholz, who won a bronze medal in the first snowboarding event in Olympic history while representing Switzerland at ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Race Is On to Save the Alps’ Famous Huts and Trails as Melting Permafrost Threatens to Destroy Them

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

Crans-Montana set to host Olympic ski races in Switzerland bid for 2038 Winter Games

Crans-Montana is set to host Alpine ski races at the 2038 Olympics as organizers of the Switzerland bid detailed their plan ...
The Associated Press

AP coverage of tragic Swiss fire highlights exceptional teamwork

When a devastating fire tore through a crowded bar in the Swiss ski resort town of Crans-Montana on New Year’s Eve, killing more than 40 young people and ...

Switzerland honors victims of deadly Alpine bar fire in national day of mourning

Switzerland will hold a memorial service to honor the 40 people who were killed in an Alpine bar fire earlier this month ...