How can we avoid avalanches and put a stop to the increase in mountain accidents? With the growing success of freeride and cross-country skiing, the ending season has been three times more deadly ...

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 ...

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 ...

It was supposed to be just another training session in preparation for the Glacier Patrol in a month's time. Setting out from Zermatt on Saturday morning, the 6 mountaineers never made it to Arola. ...

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 trek remains the royal way to discover real ...

At the age of 16, with her braids blowing in the wind, Isaline undertakes an extraordinary journey. She has decided to leave for a 3-week-trekking adventure alone through the Alps, with her two ...

Visit the Mont-Blanc Massif, today and yesterday, with Hubert Gay-Couttet, a member of a family that has photography in the blood. Photos in hand, he walks in the footsteps of his forebears, who ...

Esther Larios Wiget did not intend to be a mountain guide. Encouraged by her brother, she moved forward down this path in her twenties. Today, extreme long-distance tours are no longer part of her ...

Crans-Montana has always looked like a duplicate of Monaco, if you replace the beach by the mountains, that is. The wrld-famous resort embodies a certain idea of Switzerland, with prosperity, calm ...