The 112th Tour will take place entirely within France and features a late twist when the peloton finally arrives in Paris ...

The Alps’ glaciers are melting, and these Swiss cartographers have work to do. A cartographer at the Federal Office of Topography in Switzerland. Jürg Gilgen draws the first lines of the ...

Leo Billon has opened a new and difficult route on the Aiguille du Plan, and Vivian Bruchez has skied down all 84 of the ...

Mountainous five-day race from April 21-25 offers a tune-up for the Giro d'Italia – here are the details on how to watch Tour of the Alps online, on TV, and from anywhere.

But there still exists a storybook version of Europe just a few hours to the south in the snow-capped, high-soaring Alps. ... The map should be detailed and show elevation changes.

European tourism as we know it could be said to have started with Mark Twain, in 1867. That year Twain sailed aboard the Quaker City to the Mediterranean to visit France and Italy, among other ...

THE MOUNTAIN village of Susch is tucked away in the Engadine valley in the eastern Swiss Alps, with an elevation of 4,718 feet and a population of just over 200. Though it is a stop on the ...

The Alps: A Natural Companion, by Jim Langley and Paul Gannon (Oxford Alpine Club, £19.99) A guide to the geology and flowers of the Alps by science-focused authors Jim Langley and Paul Gannon.

On a whim, because I enjoyed the photo archives so much, I treated myself to “Rough Stuff Cycling in the Alps”, without much thought as to what the contents would be.

Riders such as Fillipo Ganna, Lennard Kämna, Hugh Carthy and Geraint Thomas test their form in this mountainous race. Here's how to watch Tour of the Alps 2024 from anywhere.