Approximately 60% of its territory is covered by the Swiss Alps. These feature peaks like the Matterhorn and Dufourspitze, which stands at 4,634 meters as the highest point. The Swiss Alps attract ...

The three climbers killed Sunday died in a fall of 800 metres from the southern, Italian side of Signalkuppe, a 4,554-metre peak along the Swiss-Italian border in the Pennine Alps, according to ...

All of them picked a peak in Switzerland - testament to the concentration of excellent peaks of that altitude there. Progressing to alpine routes can be intimidating and rightly so – as well as rock ...

Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany and Slovenia. The mountains were formed millions of years ago as two giant tectonic plates collided, creating some of the highest ...