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Dense fog and avalanche warnings have hampered rescue crews searching for two British hikers missing in the Italian alps. Italy’s Alpine rescue service said it only received an alert about the men on January 6, five days after the men set out, after they failed to make a scheduled flight home and relatives contacted authorities. […]
It was a freezing December day when mountain guide Kingsley Jones first saw a rescue monk in action. He was leading a small group up the ominously named Combe des Morts when he passed by a rescue hut – one of many that dot this avalanche-prone area – and noticed a woman inside struggling in […]
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A hiker in the northern Italian Alps has stumbled across the first trace of what scientists believe to be an entire prehistoric ecosystem, including the well-preserved footprints of reptiles and amphibians, brought to light by the melting of snow and ice induced by the climate crisis. The discovery in the Valtellina Orobie mountain range in […]
When I first had the idea of taking a winter road trip through the Alps, I imagined snowy walks followed by fondue in the comfort of our van, feet warmed by 25kg of auburn fluff (it was to be our Irish setter’s first encounter with snow). Waking up to snowflakes on the skylight and the […]
The questions usually start towards the end of summer. “Can we go skiing again next year? Please?” And before I have a chance to answer: “Which resort are we going to go to?” My sons – aged 12 and 14 – are lucky enough to have been skiing in the French Alps most years since […]