The Pigeon Express
A melting glacier in the Alps has shifted the border between Switzerland and Italy, putting the location of an Italian mountain lodge in dispute. The borderline runs along a drainage divide the point at which meltwater will run down either side of the mountain towards one country or the other. But the Theodul Glacier’s retreat […]
At least six people have been killed after being caught in an avalanche sparked by the collapse of a glacier in the northern Italian Alps. Emergency officials said nine others were injured in the collapse, with two people suffering serious injuries. Rescue teams using helicopters and drones have been working through the night searching for […]
A skier who was involved in a fatal collision with a five-year-old British girl in the French Alps has been placed under investigation. The girl, named locally as Ophélie, was taking part in a group lesson at the weekend in Flaine in Haute-Savoie. She received immediate first aid from the man himself, who is a […]
YouTuber from Denmark, Albert Dyrlund, fell to his death while filming a video in the Italian Alps. He was 22.According to Italian news outlet Rai News, Dyrlund was recording a video on his mobile phone on Mount Seceda in Val Gardena, Italy when he fell down over 600 feet.A rescue helicopter was called but could […]
The Italian public broadcaster Rai is facing a backlash after airing a leaked CCTV footage of the fatal cable car crash that killed 14 people. The clip showed a cabin nearing its final stop before suddenly rearing up, then speeding back down the mountain and crashing to the ground. The prosecutor in the case spoke […]
At least 14 people were killed on Sunday and one child has been left with serious injuries after a horror accident in which a mountain-top cable car plunged 65 feet to the ground in northern Italy. The cable car was carrying passengers to the top of the Stresa-Mottarone line in the Piedmont region of the […]
A woman and two seven-year-old girls have died in an avalanche while skiing in Val Senales in the Italian Alps. The woman, aged 35, was the mother of one of the girls. The three, all thought to be German, were skiing about 2,400m (7,900ft) up the Val Senales glacier in South Tyrol, near the Austrian […]
A pilot and his passenger miraculously escaped unharmed after their plane crashed and got caught up in overhead ski lift cables on its way down. Pictures from the crash in Prato Valentino ski resort in the Italian Alps show the small plane hanging from ski lift cables. The photographs were released by Corpo Nazionale Soccorso […]