The Alps, one of the most iconic mountain ranges in the world, stretch across eight countries in south-central Europe. This extensive mountain system spans approximately 1,200 kilometres in a ...

The Alps are Europe’s biggest mountain range and lie right at the heart of the continent. They stretch across eight countries: France, Switzerland, Italy, Monaco, Liechtenstein, Austria ...

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 21, No. 4, The Alps in Europe and the Southern Alps in New Zealand (Nov., 2001), pp. 340-349 (10 pages) The European Alps (Alps) and Southern Alps of New ...

Completed in 2016, this engineering marvel has transformed European transportation and delivered significant environmental ...

Tucked away in the French Alps, Ecrins National Park is a stunning ... earning it the well-deserved nickname, "The Himalayas of Europe." With more than 150 peaks soaring above 3,000 metres ...

The Alps are the largest mountain chain in Europe – and one of the longest and highest mountain ranges in the world. Their majesty stretches for more than 700 miles across eight countries ...

Researchers from Aberystwyth University's Change project visited the Alps in 2019 Up to 92% of ... say researchers. The mountain range's 4,000 glaciers include popular skiing resorts such as ...

The Apuan Alps are a small mountain range in Italy's northern Tuscany. It runs parallel to the nearby Apennines and is separated by a single, broad valley called Garfagnana. On the other side, towards ...

An avalanche killed a young woman in Bavaria's Teisenberg mountains. Two climbers died in the Italian Alps. A mountain rescue team found their bodies in the area of 2,800m (9,186ft) Mt ...

It’s no exaggeration to say that the Pyrenees is one of the world’s great mountain ranges. Older and more varied than the ...