Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Like many serious climbers, I’ve long dreamed of climbing the Eiger Nordwand, the north face of the Alps’ most notorious peak. Fortunately, I always wake up ...

There is nothing tame about sledding in Switzerland, where participants rocket down steep, miles-long slopes, sometimes at night. Credit... Supported by By Elaine Glusac To reach the top of the ...

The sight of the climber’s rope dangling against the sheer rock face stops me cold. Until this moment, my day trip aboard Switzerland’s Jungfrau Railway—from the alpine village of Grindelwald, up and ...

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“Today’s ascent gave us a chance to say farewell to the Alps,” said team member Philip Martineau, after completing a rock climb over the Rotstock, located at the bottom of the Eiger’s west flank and ...

Thousands of Swiss are flocking to one of the country's most famous mountains to catch a last glimpse of its dramatic outline, before a slab of rock weighing millions of tons breaks off from its ...

Forty-eight flares burned for five minutes on the north walls of the Eiger and Monch mountains to illustrate the route taken by the Jungfrau Railway. Today, about 750,000 people visit Europe's highest ...