Closed for the winter, passes in the Swiss Alps are scheduled to reopen for car traffic within the next few weeks, weather permitting.

Perched at 1,200 meters in Switzerland’s Bernese Oberland, Kandersteg is a small mountain village offering panoramic views of the Blümlisalp Massif. With just 1,000 residents, the town maintains a ...

Annan will be seen enthusing about the Swiss mountains in a documentary to be screened on British television. The 52-minute “Mountain Spirit”, which will premiere in Cannes in the spring, is one of a ...

Swiss citizens voted to go under the mountains in 1992, and 2,600 workers in round-the-clock shifts have done just that. Four massive boring machines—tubular mobile factories each stretching the ...

Alpine skiing, also known as ski racing, has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936. The sport tests athletes' ability to ski down a snow-covered mountain as fast as ... with 121 (37 gold) ...

Mountain running in Switzerland: Bettmeralp alongside the Aletsch Glacier, Lauterbrunnen to Grindelwald and Monte Zucchero. Three magnificent trail running routes in the Swiss Alps taken from the ...

SUMMARY Belongs on List? Yes No Whether your ideal winter vacation involves skiing or relaxing by the fire or simply soaking up some holiday spirit, Lucerne, Switzerland, has you covered.

Norwegian snowboarder Oyvind Kirkhus made history over the last week at Switzerland's Swatch Nines ... the stunning backdrop of the Schilthorn mountains. For the uninitiated, Kirkhus helpfully ...