The Trinity Alps Wilderness is a 540,000-acre wonderland three hours north of Sacramento. The second largest wilderness area in California, it features more than 550 miles of hiking trails.

Zermatt, a winter wonderland nestled in the Swiss Alps, offers breathtaking views of snow-covered buildings and scenic riverside walks. With 360 km of ski slopes, Zermatt is a haven for adventure ...

White water rafting, kayaking and canoeing: The Trinity River, a 203-mile tributary of the Klamath River, starts in the Trinity Alps and features calm waters and multiple classes of white water.

The heat was so expansive that mountaintops, including the French Alps, that are usually frozen from snowpack saw record ...

A student who drowned after falling into a river on a school hiking holiday in the Italian Alps suffered an accidental death, a coroner has ruled. Alex Foulkes, 17, of Harrogate, North Yorks, fell as ...

A village in the Swiss Alps has been buried beneath ice, rock and mud after a massive piece of a nearby glacier collapsed. On Wednesday, a landslide from the mountain side of Birch Glacier ...

The Birch Glacier above the village of Blatten collapsed and caused a landslide that has buried most of the village. Authorities had evacuated residents earlier this month, but one person is missing.