Born in Zermatt, the Anthamatten brothers are exceptional mountaineers. All three trained guides, they have climbed the highest peaks in the world alongside the greatest. The elder of the three ...

In the North of Ecuador, the Los Yaltes ecological reserve is an endangered forest. French film-maker Philippe Moulin has dedicated 25 years of his life to saving Los Yaltes from deforestation, ...

Jeremie Heitz is probably one of the best freeriders of his generation. This young Swiss made a name for himself in "The List", a film in which he skied down a dozen mythical mountains of more than ...

Acute mountain sickness is as much a problem for experienced alpine climbers and mountaineers as for tourists on a trekking tour. Symptoms range from simple headaches with nausea to complications ...

Osula, a yak breeder in Valais, Switzerland, decided to cross the Austrian Alps with her animals. After  a transalpine journey which led her from the Alps to the Mediterranean, she embarked ...

Olivier Favre, aka Milon, has been into extreme steep snowboarding his whole life. The Swiss snowboarder from Les Diablerets was among the very best in the first editions of the Freeride World ...

Music and mountains are the two main ingredients of the Cosmojazz festival, about to celebrate its tenth anniversary in July 2019. For eight days, free concerts take place at high altitude between ...

This is the 2nd part of Isaline's journey. Along the way, her trek will serve as an initiation rite, allowing her to spread her wings and eventually take flight. Follow in the foodsteps of an ...

They are united by the bonds of blood, those of brotherhood but also by the same passion of bouldering. Fred has marked the history of climbing by pushing back the scale of difficulty in the ...

Every year the Muveran Trophies mark the finalrace of the backcountry ski season in Switzerland.Nothing's left to chance when it comes to safety.Patriarch Philippe Bonnet heads the team ofvolunteers ...