A hike along Switzerland’s Aletsch offers escape from the summer heat — but comes with a poignant sense of time running out ...

Grindelwald, nestled in Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland, is often called the most charming village in the Alps. Known as the "Glacier Village," it lies beneath the towering Eiger and Wetterhorn ...

Hintertux is another ski area in the Alps that stays open all year round, thanks to its high altitude and glaciated terrain.

More remote than other popular Alpine destinations, Silvaplana was a favorite of Friedrich Nietzsche—and is one of the few ...

Swiss ski lifts had a strong start to the summer, with 24% more visitors in May and June compared to 2024. The Swiss Ski Lift ...

The snow and ice accumulated last winter by Switzerland's glaciers has already melted away, a monitoring service said, with ...

Fierce, fast summer rainstorms are on the rise in the Alps, and a 2 C temperature increase could double their frequency. A new study from researchers at the University of Lausanne and the ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Permafrost in the Swiss Alps has reached record warmth, with temperatures at 10 meters depth rising by over 0.8°C in the past decade and new records set in 2024.

To obtain these results, the researchers examined data from almost 300 weather stations in the European Alps, spread across Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, and Italy. They focused on ...

The study used summer rainfall data collected from nearly 300 meteorological stations across the European Alps in Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France and Italy.