America's best mountain area with European Alpine vibes is North Cascades National Park in Washington. It feels like a ...

With towering peaks, pristine valleys, and fairytale villages, this European destination offers plenty of opportunities to ...

Austria, with its pristine Alpine landscapes and well-maintained network of mountain huts, offers some of the best hut-to-hut hiking experiences in the world. This guide dives into the heart of ...

Lauterbrunnen, one of the most scenic valleys in Switzerland, lies amid steep cliffs, alpine fields, and 72 waterfalls. Its ...

In pockets of Europe’s Alpine mountains, glaciers are abundant enough that ski resorts operate above the snow and ice. Ski lifts, resorts, cabins and huts dot the landscape — and have done so for ...

Switzerland conveys millions of hikers to alpine landscapes on trains, buses and gondolas. Is a Swiss-like transportation network the solution to overcrowding in U.S. national parks? The Five Lakes ...

You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. ORONO — About 13,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age, glaciers that ...

When you think of alpine plants, it might seem like a niche horticultural club, requiring lots of expertise and specialist composts. Certainly, you’ll find a few ...

This image, taken by the Advanced Moon Micro-Imager Experiment (AMIE) on board ESA’s SMART-1 spacecraft, shows the lunar Alps (Montes Alpes) on the Moon. AMIE obtained this image from a distance of ...

For more than 40 years, scientists from CU Boulder and institutions around the country have braved thin air and often frigid weather to collect samples and data from above 9,500 feet on CU Boulder’s ...