These mountains have long been winter favourites, and they’re now becoming increasingly popular in the summer, too. Here’s what to keep in mind when planning a warm-weather visit.

After the tons of snow and ice had crashed onward, Tony staggered down the slope to try to rescue the others. Soon, he heard a small voice from under the snow and began digging furiously there, to no ...

The Valais local government said the damage is "considerable," with one person missing and homes under debris.

A large avalanche with a mixture of ice, rock, snow and water in Wiler after the Birch glacier collapsed above Blatten in Switzerland (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP) A 64-year-old man is ...

A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud ...

While there are scenic train rides throughout Europe, nowhere can match Switzerland for its assortment of jaw-dropping journeys, whether it's high-profile ones like the Glacier Express – "the ...

And this is what actually happened," Matthias Huss, the director of Glacier Monitoring Switzerland (GLAMOS), told AFP. "The glacier accelerated strongly in response to this additional loading ...

The Birch Glacier collapse destroyed the hamlet of Blatten days after its evacuation due to the impending danger. But a 64-year-old resident remained reported missing. Issued on: 29/05/2025 - 10: ...

"If you put a lot of weight on an unstable foundation, it can just slip away. And this is what actually happened," Matthias Huss, the director of Glacier Monitoring Switzerland (GLAMOS), told AFP.

The landslide that buried most of a Swiss village this week is focusing renewed attention on the role of global warming in glacier collapses around the world and the increasing dangers. How ...

The glacier’s collapse was so explosive that it corresponded to a 3.1-magnitude earthquake on Switzerland’s scale, according to the country’s Seismological Service. In a statement ...