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 ...

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 ...

From its height of 2,877 metres, the Pic du Midi observatory has been enthroned over the French Pyrenees for 140 years. The world's first high-mountain observatory, its scientific center specializing ...

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 ...

It was supposed to be just another training session in preparation for the Glacier Patrol in a month's time. Setting out from Zermatt on Saturday morning, the 6 mountaineers never made it to Arola. ...

Visit the Mont-Blanc Massif, today and yesterday, with Hubert Gay-Couttet, a member of a family that has photography in the blood. Photos in hand, he walks in the footsteps of his forebears, who ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...