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Alpine

Environment 5 years ago

Melting Alpine glaciers yield archaeologic troves, but clock ticking

It is one of many valuable archaeological sites to emerge in recent decades from rapidly melting glacier ice, sparking a brand-new field of research: glacier archaeology.

News 5 years ago

Italy resort lifts alert on melting glacier threat

An Italian Alpine resort on Sunday lifted a state of alert declared last week over fears that a chunk of glacier on the Mont Blanc mountain range might crash down on them.

News 6 years ago

Green Christmases: Alpine ski resorts ponder a future without snow

Last Christmas, for the first time in its existence, a ski resort in the French Alpine town of Montclar could count neither on Mother Nature nor its artificial snow machines to produce enough of the white stuff to cover its pistes.

World 6 years ago

Five Britons contract coronavirus in French ski resort

In total, 11 people, including the five who tested positive, have been hospitalised in southeastern France and were being examined, none were in serious condition.

World 6 years ago

Shrinking glaciers and rockfalls point to climate change in Alps

Visitors arriving from the last tramstop before the 4,809-metre summit are forced to take 20 steps more each year to reach the retreating "Mer de Glace", or Sea of Ice glacier, France's largest.

News 7 years ago

Enforcing Austria's burqa ban a delicate matter in Alpine resort

With its pristine waters, snow-covered mountains and breathtaking Alpine views, the Austrian lakeside town of Zell am See is one of the top European destinations for visitors from the Gulf region.

News 7 years ago

Japan's Alpine sightseeing route featuring 17-meter snow walls opens

A sightseeing route running through the Tateyama mountain range in central Japan's Northern Alps opened Monday, offering views at one point of snow walls as tall as 17 meters each side of the road.