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Extreme skiers close out the 2022 season with a colourful show

A gang of pro freeskiers and snowboarders celebrate this year’s end of season in a stunningly colourful run.

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Italy illuminated by water light festival in the Alps

A water light festival with 29 big light installations about water in the mountain city Brixen in Northern Italy in the Alps.

Destinations

What is there to do in the Swiss Alps outside of ski season?

Verbier has much more to offer than just skiing. Here’s our out of season guide to one of Switzerland’s favourite winter resorts.

Living

Ski green at Europe’s most sustainable winter sports resort

In the French ski resort of Morzine, can sustainable initiatives rescue the resort from the imminent threat of climate change?

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Women Beyond Borders

Meet the pioneer extreme sports star riding across slopes and skies

Géraldine Fasnacht found her sports through a love of nature. By snow or by air, she is always on an adventure in the mountains.

Destinations

This Austrian ski resort has 88 ski lifts and 100 years of history

Known as the 'cradle of alpine skiing', the Arlberg resort in Austria is where many of the world’s best ski instructors learn their craft

People

Watch this stunning footage as a man completes world first in the Alps

“It’s not just 6 days, it’s been 32 years of work to get here.”

Tech News

This hiking robot dog could swap the Swiss Alps for other planets

Its creators hope the dog, which uses its sense of touch to navigate, will help humans get to previously inaccessible, dangerous places.

Eco-Innovation

Meet the MoonBike: Europe’s answer to sustainable snow travel

It runs on electricity, doesn’t make a sound and could ride on the moon

Climate

Is this Swiss ice cave a natural wonder or a natural warning?

There may be nothing left by the year 2100

Destinations

Watch Europe’s aeronauts soar over the Alps in hot air balloons

COVID-19 restrictions can’t stop these enthusiasts from taking flight

Nature

Ski resort expansion is destroying some of the last living glaciers

Patagonia's latest documentary tells the story of a mega ski resort development that is about to destroy glaciers in the Alps.

Destinations

What happened when I went skiing in record snowfall at Crans Montana

This is what it's like skiing off-piste in the powdery pine forests of Switzerland.

France

Volunteers gather to help freezing migrants cross the Alps

"Why are we doing this? Because sailors never leave a person to die at sea, same as a mountaineer will never leave a person to die in the mountains," revealed Paquerette Forest, a retired teacher who volunteered to help migrants.

Experiences

These are the top 5 most exclusive train journeys in the world

The journey is part of the experience when you travel by train - so here are some of the best luxury options out there.

People

Steep hills and daring jumps: Watch this ultimate freeskier in action

Markus Eder spent two years planning and filming the ultimate ski run in his homeland of northern Italy.

Austria

Three skiers killed and two injured in Austria avalanche

The skiers were hit by a 200-metre wide slab of snow as they ascended a slope in the Salzburg region.

Travel News

Snowfall blankets the Alps just in time for the ski season

Enjoy these photos from the fresh snow that turned Italy’s South Tyrol mountains into a winter wonderland this past weekend.

Experiences

I learned to make absinthe in Switzerland and now I hate it less

I don’t like absinthe so I went to Switzerland to learn more about it and to have a go at making my own.

Experiences

The ultimate guide to the best outdoor kit on the market right now

From the Arctic Circle to the Alps to the Yorkshire Dales, our journalists have put hiking clothes and accessories to the test.