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YOU ARE the kamikaze,” our ski instructor Fred proclaimed with a wry smile, “you like the speed!” He was right, we had only arrived in the snowy French village of Plan-Peisey three days before, but something in me had already clicked. Streaming down my first intermediate blue run, I could hear the crunch of the […]
Jonathan Arlan June 13, 2018 Share this article In the summer of 2015, having never walked particularly far before, Jonathan Arlan decided to walk 400 miles through the French Alps, a trip that would become the focus of his debut book, Mountain Lines, and leave him with a few pearls of wisdom. I’ve told the story […]
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British photographer Dan Holdsworth uses geological mapping software to render three-dimensional point clouds of glaciers. https://media.wired.com/photos/5abe81642b6a90582b5d8b36/master/pass/Dan-Holdworth–You-Can’t-Take-This-Photo.jpg
A British skier has recently died in the French Alps, after falling from a cliff. The news comes only days after after a tragic incident involving the death of a 13-year old boy, on Saturday 24 February. The two unrelated off-piste skiing incidents took place less than one week apart from each other. Yesterday, authorities […]
GETTY Sainte Foy offers a truly different skiing experience In this untouched winter wonderland, the peace was broken only by the faint rattle of an empty chair lift as it climbed the mountain overhead, and the whisper of the snow-dusted pine trees as they shivered in the breeze. “We must be millionaires!” joked my guide, […]
Published time: 25 Dec, 2017 01:42 Some 150 skiers were forced to spend most of their Christmas Eve admiring the majestic beauty of the French Alps after a lift broke down on their journey to the summit. It took rescue crews over 2 hours to rescue those stranded. The skiers got stuck some 25 meters […]
PH The hotel focuses on staying kind to the environment, the mind and the body But any reservations I had about swapping my salopettes for yoga pants were swiftly eliminated upon arrival at Holzhotel Forsthofalm. Focusing on staying kind to the environment, the mind and the body, the hotel – situated in the stunning province […]
Published time: 20 Sep, 2017 13:52 A Swiss start-up is bottling fresh air from Switzerland to sell to residents of heavily polluted cities like those in China and India. Read more According to the company, the air is collected from various locations around the Swiss Alps and compressed into an aerosol can. It comes with […]
GETTY/PH Enjoy fresh mountain air, breathtaking scenery and fabulous food on an autumn break in the Alps As we walked down the winding path towards Lake Cauma, we were stopped in our tracks by the beautiful sight of the azure water as it glistened beyond the pine trees. And it wasn’t long before my partner […]
