Rescuers in the Swiss Alps were searching for at least one person missing after 1.5 million cubic meters of ice, rock and mud ...

The Birch glacier in Switzerland's southern Valais region collapsed yesterday, sending millions of tons of rock, ice and scree hurtling down the mountain slope and into the valley below ...

Video shows a huge cloud of ice and scree spewing over the Swiss village of Blatten on Wednesday, dwarfing tiny Alpine lodges as a chunk of the Birch glacier broke off ...

Swiss glaciologists attribute the accelerating glacier thaw to climate change, which has increased the risk of such disasters ...

A glacier in the Swiss Alps collapsed on May 28, sending ice, mud and rock down toward the village of Blatten, burying it in rubble.

Local officials said “about 90%” of the Alpine village is covered or destroyed.

Chur also happens to be the launchpad for other delightfully sluggish trains, notably the Bernina Express, which courses ...

The news that Vail Resorts‘ board of directors has terminated Kirsten Lynch as CEO and appointed Rob Katz to succeed her sent ...

Japanese snowboarder Tomoka Takeuchi, who has competed in the past six Winter Olympics, said Thursday she will retire at the ...

Just days after Élise Poncet set the women's ski FKT on Mont Blanc, Benjamin Vedrines has set a new men's ski FKT on the peak ...

A 64-year-old man remains missing after a huge mass of rock and ice from a glacier crashed down a Swiss mountainside the day before. Wednesday's landslide sent plumes of dust skyward and coated ...