This is the 2nd part of Isaline's journey. Along the way, her trek will serve as an initiation rite, allowing her to spread her wings and eventually take flight. Follow in the foodsteps of an ...

At the age of 16, with her braids blowing in the wind, Isaline undertakes an extraordinary journey. She has decided to leave for a 3-week-trekking adventure alone through the Alps, with her two goats ...

The art of cowbells is typical of Switzerland. Here is a moving portraits of two families, one of saddlers and the other of bell founders, who fight to preserve their craft and a Swiss tradition that ...

Born in Zermatt, the Anthamatten brothers are exceptional mountaineers. All three trained guides, they have climbed the highest peaks in the world alongside the greatest. The elder of the three ...

Anyone looking for the soul of Corsica should be heading straight to the GR20 trail, far from the coast swarming with tourists. Walking the GR20 remains the royal way to discover real Corsica. Along ...

Climbing all the peaks over 8'000 meters of altitude on the planet! With already ten 8000 summits to her credit, she’s never been so close to achieving this challenge of a lifetime. If she ...

Portrait of a unique breed of cows made famous as early as 1917 by its fights in the Valais region of Switzerland. Once simply called "horned animals", they were so numerous at the foot of the Dent ...

Osula, a yak breeder in Valais, Switzerland, decided to cross the Austrian Alps with her animals. After  a transalpine journey which led her from the Alps to the Mediterranean, she embarked ...

They are united by the bonds of blood, those of brotherhood but also by the same passion of bouldering. Fred has marked the history of climbing by pushing back the scale of difficulty in the ...

Esther Larios Wiget did not intend to be a mountain guide. Encouraged by her brother, she moved forward down this path in her twenties. Today, extreme long-distance tours are no longer part of her ...

How can we avoid avalanches and put a stop to the increase in mountain accidents? With the growing success of freeride and cross-country skiing, the ending season has been three times more deadly ...

The tradition of alpine pasture and "désalpe" is passed down from generation to generation. In the Swiss Jura region, two families settle each summer with their cows. Some make cheese out of their ...

Jeremie Heitz is probably one of the best freeriders of his generation. This young Swiss made a name for himself in "The List", a film in which he skied down a dozen mythical mountains of more than ...

Every year the Muveran Trophies mark the finalrace of the backcountry ski season in Switzerland.Nothing's left to chance when it comes to safety.Patriarch Philippe Bonnet heads the team ofvolunteers ...

Raphaël Mayoraz is a mountain guide, a rescue worker and a geologist specialized in the prevention of natural risks. It’s his job to prevent dangers in a region that is particularly vulnerable to ...

Discover Vercofly, the hike-and-fly paragliding competition. Competitors have four days to tag nine high-altitude huts and four lakes between the Turtmanntal and the Val de Bagne, in Switzerland, on ...

For some, patois is a language of childhood, of one's first emotions. For others, it is a language in its own right, the Franco-Provençal, and it must be defended at all costs as it is threatened, ...