I’m trekking down the side of a Swiss mountain and I see my salvation far below in the lush green valley. The structure appears no bigger than a dot, yet it has what I’m craving: a hot meal and a bed.

The Alps might be on many vacation bucket lists, but a journey into the mountains is much more attainable than most think, ...

We are sharing the hiking trail -- and the spectacular Swiss Alpine views with a herd of goats in the Jungfrau region of the Alps and one goat keeps nudging me from behind, just like my two daughters ...

"Stay close to the rock wall," I hear my husband, Paul, call out above the drumbeat of water falling between us. While this cascade won't thrust me over the cliff, it does require plotting a safe ...

“You’re fine,” I muttered to myself, tightening my grip on an iron step rung with one hand as the other fumbled with a carabiner. I had got the hang of clipping my harness in and out as I made my way ...

ALETSCH GLACIER, Switzerland — The mountain guide says something that I can’t translate. He stands on one side of a crevasse — a deep crack in the surface of a glacier. I’m on the other. He urges me ...