The European Alps are one of the most breathtaking regions in the world, filled with towering peaks, charming villages, ...

The highest peak in the Alps at 4,805m (15,764 feet), the Mt. Blanc massif actually contains 28 peaks over 4,000m, or 12,000 feet. That’s where Bruchez first had his vision. His dream was originally ...

The Alps will experience 'peak glacier extinction' in just eight years – with thousands of glaciers lost forever, an ominous study has predicted. Using state–of–the–art models, researchers calculated ...

VERBIER, Switzerland — The wind whips against your face when you soar above the Swiss Alps. The ground falls away when you’re gliding over jagged peaks, with only the sound of the breeze and the ...

Francesco Vascellari and Loris de Barba introduce '4000m Peaks in the Alps. Ski Touring and Steep Skiing', their guidebook to the 4000m mountains in the Alps. Three routes presented on ...

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 ...

A mountain climber had to be airlifted to safety from near the summit of Mont Blanc after a thief stole his walking boots, police said. The Alpinist was reportedly just a few hundred meters away from ...

Here in the Northwest, we are lucky to have the Cascades and the Olympics so close. Besides being destinations for skiing, hiking and scenic drives, the mountains are a constant presence — most days, ...

BERLIN — A man has died after falling from a peak in the Austrian Alps as he was trying to take a photo of a companion with whom he had reached the summit, police said Tuesday. Subscribe to read this ...