There's a lot of hiking in Europe, but there's one country in particular that Rick Steves recommends for some of the best ...

Tim the Yowie Man reviews the new film ‘Liquid heart: restoring the Australian alps’ . Urgent warning to Aussie travellers as ...

The Alps run through eight countries — Monaco, France, Italy, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany and Slovenia. Photograph by Michael_Koenigshofer 3.

The heat was so expansive that mountaintops, including the French Alps, that are usually frozen from snowpack saw record temperatures. Heat records were set for June in Spain and Portugal.

PFRONTEN, Germany — This is the perfect place to refresh your heart and soul. There are three benches to sit on, and a wooden cross rising into the blue sky.

The incident resulting in Hediger's death occurred when she and a companion had gone snowboarding in the town of Arosa, in the Swiss Alps, local police said in an online statement.

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.

Rescue crews found the body of a British hiker buried in the snow of the Italian Alps and were continuing to search for his friend, who had also been missing since January 1, Italy’s rescue ...