Nearly 12.5 miles in length, this glacier is the longest "stream" of ice in the Alps. It originates in the Jungfrau region, bordering Konkordiaplatz, and it is perhaps one of the best places to visit ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The Great Aletsch Glacier is one of Europe's largest glaciers, winding over 14 miles through the Swiss ...

Aletsch: the immense glacier in Switzerland Franco Voglino and Annalisa Porporato introduce the spectacular area surrounding the Aletsch glacier in Switzerland: more than thirty 4000m peals, just a ...

There aren’t many places where you can ski through a UNESCO World Heritage site, but that’s exactly what you’ll be doing at Aletsch Arena – and it looks every inch as beautiful as you might expect ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. STORY: With glaciers around the globe disappearing faster than ever, Swiss scientists say this one in the Alps could be partially ...

That’s how my mountain guide began our hike onto Aletsch glacier—by recounting with excitement and detail the condition of three dead bodies he had seen laying on the ice the day before. A British ...

MANILA, Philippines — Between the Bern and Valais cantons in Switzerland, one can find the largest glacier in western Eurasia and among the biggest in the world. The Aletsch Glacier (Aletschgletscher ...

Some ski resorts want attention. They want to be photographed, tagged, talked about. They want you in an extremely expensive puffer jacket holding a flute of champagne like it’s a personality trait.