Switzerland's first biosphere reserve, designated in 2001, encompasses the 245-square mile Emme River valley between Bern and Luzern (also spelled Lucerne).

The Alps, which cover two-thirds of Switzerland, are the country's largest geographical area. The mountain range stretches from Lake Geneva in the west to the Austrian border in the east, and the ...

Six die in Switzerland weekend mountain accidents AFP AFP May 25, 2025 Updated 33 mins ago 0 The Rimpfischhorn is a 4,199-metre (13,776-foot) mountain east of Zermatt, near the Italian border HANDOUT ...

Six people died in Switzerland over the weekend in accidents in the Alps, officials said Sunday. Near the luxury resort of Zermatt, rescuers found the bodies of five people, police said in a statement ...

Tourists helicoptered down from Swiss mountain resort after mudslide cuts off road access A road is blocked in Saasal, Switzerland, Friday, Sept. 5, 2024, after a landslide following severe weather.

Vals is a mountain village (with an elevation of about 4,100 feet) that lays claim to a natural 86-degree spring — the only one in the Grisons canton to come directly from the ground.

‘It Could Have Been So Much Worse’: Mountain Collapse Narrowly Misses Swiss Village Fifty million cubic feet of rock came to rest just shy of Brienz and its schoolhouse.

The Rimpfischhorn is a 4,199-metre (13,776-foot) mountain that lies east of Zermatt, near the Italian border, and is popular with backcountry skiers.