Did you used to love backpacking? Do you still enjoy a good hike but no longer want to carry your bed, tent, and food? That describes my husband and me. Last summer we tried a wonderful solution in ...

This walk near Oeschinensee in the Swiss Alps follows a hillside viewpoint overlooking the bright turquoise lake, evergreen ...

In much of the world, backpacking means a a rugged pair of boots, a heavy pack slung over the shoulders, a sleeping pad on the ground, and freeze-dried food. But in the Swiss Alps, backpacking can be ...

A 1963 crevasse fall cost climber Alfred Rothfischer his gear. Decades later, melting Alpine ice revealed his long-lost ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One of the highlights of ourBest of Europe in 21 Daystour was our group hike. As this was pretty demanding--and there was a ...

A highlight of one of my European summers was a day I spent hiking in the Berner Oberland region of the Swiss Alps. I was with a wonderful group of traveling friends, all eager for a ramble in the ...

Hilary and I wandered a grassy meadow at 7,500 feet near a dried-up mountain lake called Hundssee, searching for a spot to lay out our sleeping bags and bivy sacks. The wind had picked up in the ...