Discover Vercofly, the hike-and-fly paragliding competition. Competitors have four days to tag nine high-altitude huts and four lakes between the Turtmanntal and the Val de Bagne, in Switzerland, on ...

Let’s get into ice diving. Lake Lioson, at an altitude of 1850m, is a magnificent mountain lake in the Vaud canton, Switzerland. Frozen over in winter, it attracts from January to late March divers ...

Anyone looking for the soul of Corsica should be heading straight to the GR20 trail, far from the coast swarming with tourists. Walking the GR20 remains the royal way to discover real Corsica. Along ...

It took Raymond Jaunin 40 years to complete the magnificent 17-meter sailboat he built with his own hands. Between Switzerland and Majorca, he kept his childhood dream alive for years, refining his ...

After a rollercoaster pro skiing career littered with highs and lows, podium glories and shattering injuries, Gregory Tuscher now helms the Swiss freeski team as their national coach. An icon ...

Ikaria, an untamed Greek island nestled between mountains and rugged coastlines, embodies a Greece that's off the beaten path, far from the madding crowds of tourists. Here degrowth has become a way ...

5 x 26' - This reality TV show follows a mythical itinerary in the Heart of the Alps : Chamonix-Verbier-Zermatt. 5 men and 7 women who have never met and are not seasoned mountain climbers rise to ...

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 ...

From its height of 2,877 metres, the Pic du Midi observatory has been enthroned over the French Pyrenees for 140 years. The world's first high-mountain observatory, its scientific center specializing ...

Olivier Boulanger is a farrier, like his grandfather and great-grandfather before him. Every day he walks the roads of the Bernese Jura to shoe Grand Prix or Franches-Montagnes horses. With a smile ...