There is nothing tame about sledding in Switzerland, where participants rocket down steep, miles-long slopes, sometimes at night. Credit... Supported by By Elaine Glusac To reach the top of the ...
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, ...
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 ...
Slovakian musher Milos Gonda celebrates winning the La Grande Odyssee sled dog race in Lanslebourg, France. The race crosses the Alps in France and Switzerland, covering more than 1,000 km (621 miles) ...
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 ...
From Norway to the Swiss Alps, the continent’s snowy winter terrain is crisscrossed with magical locales for adults and children to get their luge on. Sledding is the quintessential winter experience ...
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 ...
To reach the top of the Waldspritz sledding run above the village of Grindelwald in the Swiss Alps, I hiked 90 minutes into the backcountry, dragging a small runnered sled by a rope to roughly 7,400 ...