I simply love skiing in Europe’s Alps, and I’ve had my greatest, most memorable winter adventures exploring this lofty, rugged mountain range that spans the heart of Europe.

The ranges and valleys of the Swiss Alps stand out in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission in December 2024. Extending some 1,200 km, the Alps occupy an area of about 200,000 ...

The event, which features a variation of polo played on packed snow atop the frozen lake surface, attracts thousands of people to St. Moritz, a luxury ski resort town, many from the highest ...

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 21, No. 4, The Alps in Europe and the Southern Alps in New Zealand (Nov., 2001), pp. 335-339 (5 pages) The future of Swiss alpine winter tourism must be ...