U.S. Olympic skiers and scientists explain the sharp differences between natural snow and machine-made snow, from the science ...

Warming temperatures are wreaking havoc at elevation, upending the Winter Olympics and the tourism industry and imperiling ...

Snow has fallen in the Italian Alps just in time for the start of the Winter Olympics, dispelling fears of artificially-covered tracks winding through lush green mountainsides. From Bormio, home to ...

In terms of area, forest is the most important means of avalanche protection. It is also the most cost-effective and is naturally renewable. This insight hit home after the winter of 1951, when over 1 ...

An avalanche struck a train near Goppenstein, Switzerland, injuring five people as heavy snowfall triggers widespread deadly snow slides. Large parts of the western Alps remain under the highest ...

Europe faces mounting pressure to refill rapidly depleted gas storage as weak Alpine snowfall threatens hydropower output and ...

The Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics are moving ahead across the Italian Alps, where organisers are leaning heavily on ...

These resorts -- most of which are within the soaring Dolomites -- are perched between 1,200 and 1,800 metres (3940 feet and 5900 feet) above sea level, a height which would traditionally guarantee ...