Hiking will always be a part of life in the Alps, but climate change has made navigating high-alpine routes more complicated ...

Sledding is big in Europe, and we aren't talking about saucer sleds down little hills: This is a heart-pounding ski ...

The European Alps are an iconic, crescent-shaped mountain range associated with images of wintry peaks and snow-covered villages. But new research confirms a worrying trend about the winter-sports ...

Yesterday in Part 1, I explained the myriad appeals of skiing in the French Alps, home to the three largest ski areas in the world (in terms of interconnected lifts and trails you can ski on one ...

The snow’s red hue may also create a ‘snowball’ effect that harms ecosystems because red-tinged snow does not reflect as effectively as white snow and will melt faster. Jean-Gabriel VALAY/JARDIN DU ...

Follow a team of experts as they solve the enduring mystery of exactly where Hannibal and his troops crossed the Alps to launch a surprise attack on Rome. Hannibal, one of history’s most famous ...

GENEVA — Much of the Alps just don’t look right for this time of year. Sparse snowfall and unseasonably warm winter weather in much of Europe is allowing grass to blanket mountaintops across the ...