At these Alpine wellness retreats, ancient remedies have a modern twist
From hay baths to high-altitude forest bathing, a new wave of spas in the Dolomites are reimagining traditional rejuvenation ...
Behind the scenes with alpine rescue dogs ready to save lives
On the slopes near Cortina d'Ampezzo, Zen, a five-year-old border collie, leads a pack of trainee rescue dogs, preparing for ...
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PNW alpine plants that bring the mountains into your home garden
NATIVE TO ROCKY PEAKS seasonally covered in snow, alpine plants shrug off blazing ... The following plants will bring the mountains into your home garden. While some alpines can be hard to source ...
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Where to ski in the Dolomites – and the best hotels to stay in
which you’ll find in Alpine mountain huts, Michelin-starred restaurants, and cosy farmhouses and taverns. Maso Runch, a traditional family-run farm, serves possibly the best Ladin food in the ...
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Out of office: what the Wallpaper* editors have been doing this week
Between the mountain air and the vast beds ... Bill Prince is a journalist, author, and editor-in-chief of Wallpaper* and The Blend. Prior to taking up these roles, he served for 23 years as the ...
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Variation in Soil Microbial Communities Along an Elevational Gradient in Alpine Meadows of the Qilian Mountains, China
Here, we use a next-generation sequencing method based on 16S/18S rRNA to reveal the soil microbial diversity and community compositions of alpine meadow ecosystems along an elevation span of nearly 2 ...
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Alpine adventures: OFIS creates a perfectly formed mountain shelter in Slovenia
The brief – to design an innovative and practical shelter, or bivouac (as mountain climbing shelters are often known as), for the extreme Alpine climate – was conceived by a design studio at Harvard ...