When the Forest Service’s Fireside Lectures began in 1962 at Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center attendees gathered around a ...

An 18-year-old boy who died after a jet ski crashed into a pier in Scotland has been named as Kyle McLean. The ...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) is investigating allegations of financial and ethical misconduct involving its founder and long-time chairman, Klaus Schwab, as well as his wife, the organization has ...

Over the years, success bred further success as many of the world’s movers and shakers vied to rub shoulders in the Swiss Alps at panel discussions and apres-ski socialising. Newer regional ...

Switzerland recorded 10 avalanche-related deaths during the 2024–25 winter season, according to the Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research (SLF) in Davos—well below the 20-year average of 19 ...

Val Thorens as seen during more typical ski season weather (Picture ... 9,373ft Punta Valgrande, on the Swiss border, when a mass of snow swept down the slope. The three who died were dragged ...

(Bloomberg) — Some of Europe’s top ski resorts, including Zermatt in Switzerland and Val d’Isere in France, were forced to shut as heavy snow raised the avalanche risk across the western Alps.

The snow brought disruption at the beginning of the Easter holiday The Swiss ski resort of Zermatt was cut off and tourists and residents were told to stay indoors in the French resort of Tignes ...

A potent midweek storm is set to blanket much of the Alps with significant snowfall, particularly from Wednesday night through Friday. Zermatt is the standout performer, potentially racking up as much ...

Michael Halbye, a Lego executive and close friend of Denmark’s Queen Mary, died after a skiing accident in Switzerland over the weekend. Halbye was skiing in the Verbier region of Swiss Alps on ...

Ten people died in avalanches in the Swiss Alps this winter, according to the Swiss Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research. This is below the average for the past 20 years. Between October 1st 2024 ...