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Once you endure two long and rather tedious drag lifts, you can glide through the rest of Espace San Bernardo’s 160 kilometers of varied pistes and mountain restaurants serving generous plates ...

By Elisabeth Vincentelli Every year, there seems to be a grim competition as to which North American mountain resorts will have the highest daily rate for a lift ticket: It’s scary times when $ ...

A look ahead at one of Vice President Kamala Harris’ final acts in office had the “QAnon Shaman” declaring it, “Evidence that God has a sense of humor.” For years, leftists had ...

Every year on December 11 we celebrate International Mountain Day (IMD)—a tribute to the awe-inspiring peaks that shape our world and captivate our wanderlust. Mountains are more than stunning ...

Zhangjiajie, China's first national park, also features glass-bottomed bridges, a mountain elevator and a food court complete with a McDonald's for those inclined to take it easy. Shy was not an ...

“It’s strategically extremely important. There is no substitute for mountains.” The summit of Mount Hermon lies in Syria, in a buffer zone that separated Israeli and Syrian forces for fifty ...

Skiers, climbers, cyclists and even mushroom-pickers face surprising new risks in the mountains – and so do those who rescue them. But scientists are working on ways to keep us all safe.

This area, a section of the Altai Mountains located in present-day China, has long been part of the Kazakhs’ traditional nomadic lands. The last significant migration of Kazakhs to this region ...

On 12 December 2024, the two South Tyrolean mountain guides Simon Gietl and Manuel Oberarzbacher completed the first ascent of the mixed climb 'Hybrid' on Mur de Pisciadù in the Sella group of the ...