The writer, along with her cousin and sister, embarked on a four-day trek across Japan’s Northern Alps, crossing paths with a ...

A French skier has just become the first person to climb and ski every mountain in the Alps higher than 4,000m (12,000 feet). After chipping away at the project for 15 years, Vivian Bruchez scaled the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Olympic and World Champion biathlete Laura Dahlmeier shows off her medals. The top German athlete won a total of seven world ...

While the Alps is known primarily as a winter playground, the mountain range is emerging as a summer destination. New and discounted rail links across Europe are making the peaks an attractive no-fly ...

Tumbling from a height of 422 meters, Grande Cascade de Gavarnie (or, in English, “Gavernie Falls”), located within Pyrénées National Park, is one of the tallest waterfalls in Europe. The Pyrenees ...

The glaciers of the Alps are receding, retreating, even collapsing. Why is it happening? What is the impact on those who love ...

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 45, No. 2 (May 2025), pp. R27-R40 (14 pages) The European Alps are surrounded by highly urbanized areas located close to fragile mountain landscapes. The ...

A video showing an unlikely guide leading a group of hikers through the Swiss Alps in the early hours of the morning has taken the internet by storm. The clip, posted by user @vivyanne_le on July 10, ...