Rescuers desperately searching for a sixth missing skier in the Swiss Alps have said ‘miracles happen’ after finding the person’s backpack and skis next to the bodies of five other skiers that froze to death following a brutal storm this weekend.
Air Zermatt chief Anjan Truffer, the lead rescuer deployed to find the group, said his team previously saved people who had been missing for days, giving workers a glimmer of hope the missing skier may still be alive.
‘We
It’s the Alps, but not quite as we know them today.
Lavishly illustrated new book ‘The Alps 1900. A Portrait in Color’ by Agnes Couzy and Sabine Arque, published by Taschen, showcases a series of vintage pictures of the world-famous European mountain range from the late 1800s to the dawn of the 20th century.
In the introduction to the book, authors Couzy and Arque write: ‘Today we must mourn the loss of the vast glaciers whose sight contributed so
Amid the blizzard of gongs handed out at the World Ski Awards 2022, one recipient caught my eye – VIP Ski, whose Bear Lodge hotel in Les Arcs in France snared the trophy for ‘best new ski hotel’.
I view the London-based company through the prism of nostalgia, having had splendid snowboarding jaunts over the years staying at its French chalets in Val D’Isere (Club Bellevarde, 2010), Morzine (Chalet Alaska, 2011), and Avoriaz (Chalet Poudreuse, 2017).
In the latter I
Satellite images have revealed that the consequences of global warming can be seen from space — as the Alps are turning greener.
The European mountain range is famously covered in a blanket of snow for the majority of the year, attracting skiers and snowboarders across the world.
But new data has found that vegetation above the tree line has increased in nearly 80 per cent of the Alps over the last 38 years.
Although the new plants may assist in
‘The French Alps are among the most beautiful places on earth.’
So say the authors of incredible new book Wild Guide – French Alps (Wild Things Publishing). And they’ve got the stunning pictures to prove it.
The tome has been written by Paul and Helen Webster, who have been visiting the French Alps for 20 years. It contains hundreds of photographs by Paul and reveals hidden mountain peaks, delightful hillside restaurants, fairytale villages, plunging waterfalls and pristine lakes. All there
I’m in a village in Kent that once had a reputation for ‘smuggling, cockfighting, outrage and robbery… committed by rogues who infested every corner of the street’, according to an information board there.
Fortunately, that was in the 19th century. Back then it was called Milkhouse Street (also Mylkehouse) – and such was its rotten notoriety that it was rebranded to Sissinghurst. A name that stuck.
Today, it’s a far cry from a rogue-infested epicentre of smuggling and outrage. It’s
