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 ...

Meet a 24-year-old city slicker who's traded her urban jungle for the great outdoors as the new guardian of the Diablerets refuge. This former florist ditched the rat race to work at the foot of the ...

Bruno Jelk and Gerold Biner are key figures of high mountain rescue. Over the years, they realized that the Nepalese had to be autonomous to perform their own rescues. The generous project took a ...

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 ...

Acute mountain sickness is as much a problem for experienced alpine climbers and mountaineers as for tourists on a trekking tour. Symptoms range from simple headaches with nausea to complications ...

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 ...

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 ...

5 x 26' - This reality TV show follows a mythical itinerary in the Heart of the Alps : Chamonix-Verbier-Zermatt. 5 men and 7 women who have never met and are not seasoned mountain climbers rise to ...

After a rollercoaster pro skiing career littered with highs and lows, podium glories and shattering injuries, Gregory Tuscher now helms the Swiss freeski team as their national coach. An icon ...

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 ...