French General Henri Poncet, centre, then commander of France's peackeeping forces in the Ivory Coast, arriving with troops at the airport in Abidjan. 17 Nov. 2004, ...

A legendary blizzard dropped 75.8 inches (~6.3 feet) of snow in 24 hours at Silver Lake. This long-standing official 24-hour ...

The race, which starts in Monaco and loops 1,012 miles into the Alps and back over the finish line in the Principality, ...

Mathilde Lacoste, artistic director of heritage skiwear brand Fusalp, shares her favorite ski locations. Established in 1952 ...

Snowboarders Musawer Khanzai and Nasima Zirak used to drag themselves up the thick snowy slopes of Afghanistan's Hindu Kush ...

French biathlon star Martin Fourcade has withdrawn his candidacy to be president of the organising committee of the 2030 ...

Two separate avalanches killed five skiers across the French Alps on Wednesday, according to several news reports. Four of ...

We helped ourselves to mulled wine and a mysterious “mountain tea” that turned out ... for a mediocre two-course meal and drink in the Alps (£38). But then, good value was why I was here ...

Wengen (Switzerland) (AFP) – French skier Blaise Giezendanner had to be airlifted from the mountain after a fall during Saturday's World Cup downhill in Wengen. The 33-year-old ended up in the ...

This guy visited a mountain pass in the French Alps in order to train on a tightrope. After securing a highline between two mountains, he made his way across the webbing while walking through clouds.