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This video shows the Aletsch Glacier near Fieschertal in the Swiss Alps, Valais, Switzerland, where a winding mountain stream flows through a valley filled with golden European larch trees during ...
News Switzerland » Valais » Life: Navigating Aches and Aging on the Best Trail-Running Route in the World
A few years ago, I crossed an unseen boundary and entered the land of middle age. The shift came slowly, then abruptly, and there I was, at 48, the new guy in a place whose inhabitants talked about ...
News Switzerland » Valais » Life: Wild luxury and excellent skiing: a winter in the Valais
Skiing in Switzerland conjures visions of pristine mountains, steaming hot chocolate and some of the most exclusive luxury in the Alps. One region delivers all this in spades: Valais. As wild as it is ...
News Switzerland » Valais » Life: From gentle strolls to zipline thrills: summer hiking in the Swiss Alps
The vertiginous Valais canton offers adventures aplenty, from abseiling down gorges to wild swims in glacial pools – and nights swapping hiking tales in mountain huts Thick grey-green mud squidges ...