Villagers nervously watch a mountain peak after rockslide buried their neighbours - Blatten was evacuated before a chunk of a ...

In the past century, scientists have observed more rockfalls and avalanches in the Alps, a looming threat to nearby villages.

Climate change appears to be making some of Switzerland's vaunted glaciers look like Swiss cheese: full of holes.

The 50-mile scenic route is one of the best ways to experience this glorious national park. Going-to-the-Sun Road is a ...

These majestic landscapes have always been dangerous, but as the world warms, mountains are becoming much more unpredictable — and the world is unprepared.

That park features jumps, rails, jibs, and a surface lift, which allows riders to put in park lap after park lap. The summer ...

Glacier chunk strikes hikers climbing in the Dolomites: At least seven dead and 14 missing on Italian mountain. Authorities say 14 people remain unaccounted for, after the partial collapse of a ...

This photograph shows the small village of Blatten, near the Bietschhorn mountain of the Swiss Alps, destroyed by a landslide after part of the huge Birch Glacier collapsed and was swallowed up by ...

Permafrost is often called the glue that holds the mountains together. When it thaws, the mountains crumble, and they start ...

The small village of Blatten, in the Bietschhorn mountain of the Swiss Alps, destroyed by a landslide after part of the huge Birch Glacier collapsed and swallowed up by the river Lonza the day ...

A Swiss Alpine village has been buried by a massive debris field after a glacier collapsed on a nearby mountain. Reuters reports that 90% of Blatten, Switzerland is engulfed by ice, mud, and rock ...

A huge chunk of a glacier in the Swiss Alps broke off on Wednesday afternoon, causing a deluge of ice, mud and rock to bury part of a mountain village evacuated earlier this month due to the risk ...