These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable — and the world is unprepared.

Whether extensive hiking tours or speedy downhill runs—the Alps are a paradise for all sports enthusiasts and nature lovers.

Permafrost is often called the glue that holds the mountains together. When it thaws, the mountains crumble, and they start ...

Nestled in the heart of the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland, Gimmelwald is a charming mountain farming village with around ... Stechelberg in the Lauterbrunnen Valley. Rep. Summer Lee reintroduces ...

the Valais local government said the Birch Glacier had collapsed in near-entirety above Blatten village. Ice and rock several dozens of yards thick and about a mile long now lie in the valley.

"An unbelievable amount of material thundered down into the valley," said Matthias Ebener ... creating a huge cloud that covered part of the mountain as rock and debris came cascading down toward the ...

9, and from there, it’s 54 km of dusty, bumpy, serpentine and steep pitches into the valley. The village sits perched on a mountain shelf at 2800 meters — even a mountain dweller can feel the ...

The shocking video showed the moment part of a huge glacier smashed through a village after it raced down a mountainside in Switzerland - one person has been reported as missing ...

On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier ... it caused as it swept down to the valley floor and demolishing the village of Blatten, Switzerland, May 29, 2025.