From rescuing errant skiers to monitoring avalanches, the unsung heroes of the mountains put one writer through his paces ...

The Bellevue cable car first opened in 1936, built by Charles Viard who brought the first cablecar to France. It climbs over ...

A German man is counting his blessings after surviving an avalanche while skiing in Italy in a terrifying ordeal caught on ...

I’d never been to Chamonix before and had no idea what to expect. I knew it was a ski-resort town and home of the famous Mont Blanc, but what could I do there over the summer season when the snow had ...

If you’re on a budget, there’s an excellent Auberge de Jeunesse run by Hostels International France on the outskirts of Chamonix proper. If you’re renting skis, you can’t go far wrong with ...

The Games opened on Jan. 25, with a parade of competing nations. The next day, U.S. skater Charles Jewtraw claimed the first ...

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