A woman hiking through the Italian Alps made a startling discovery when she happened upon the remains of an ancient ecosystem. Claudia Steffensen was hiking with her husband in the Valtellina ...

In 2023, Claudia Steffensen made a captivating discovery in the Italian Alps: a tropical ecosystem dating back 280 million years, made up of relics of the past such as plant fossils, raindrop ...

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A skier at the Les Arcs resort in the French Alps. A British woman died during a "violent collision" on the slopes Tuesday. PHILIPPE DESMAZES/AFP via Getty Images A British woman died during a ...

She uses her expertise to support female hikers at the Merrell Hiking Club, a women-centric community that ... Snug at the foot of the Zugspitze in the Bavarian Alps, this mountain lake is famous ...

A 62-year-old British woman has died in the French Alps after colliding with another skier, according to local reports. The English woman was skiing on the Aiguille Rouge mountain of Savoie at ...

A British woman has died in a “violent” crash with another skier on a French mountain slope. The 62-year-old was involved in the horror collision with another British national at the Les Arcs ...

French prosecutors have opened an enquiry into the death of a British skier on a notorious black run in the French Alps. The 62-year-old woman was involved in “an extremely fast and violent ...