With their year-round outdoor potential and strikingly beautiful vistas, there's a reason travel expert Rick Steves called the Alps "Europe's greatest natural gift." Hiking in the Alps is plentiful, ...

The French Alps are famous for their skiing, but perhaps less so for their sled dogs. The mountains are currently hosting a global reference in the mushing world: La Grande Odyssée Royal Canin. The ...

LES CARROZ, France (Reuters) - High in the French alps, 500 dogs howl under the stars, impatient to begin one of the world's most challenging sled races. The La Grande Odyssee (The Great Odyssey) is ...

Jennifer Veilleux didn’t know what she was getting herself into when she agreed to a winter vacation with friends in Grindelwald, Switzerland. “I got a message from my friend that said, ‘Have you ever ...

switzerland – To reach the top of the Waldspitz sledding run above the village of Grindelwald in the Swiss Alps, I hike 90 minutes into the backcountry, dragging a small runnered sled by a rope to ...

Every four years, you dream of joining an athletic challenge so gripping, so alluring that the world would stop everything just to gaze upon your athletic prowess, and Grecian beauties would bestow ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Sledding in Switzerland's Jungfrau region is a far cry from most backyard "snow day" sledding. - David Birri/Jungfrau Railways ...