Five skiers have been found dead on a Swiss mountain close to the luxury ski resort of Zermatt, after emergency services were alerted to some abandoned skis at 4,000 metres (13,000 feet), the ...

Swiss authorities say that the bodies of five skiers have been found on a glacier above the Swiss resort town of Zermatt.

Christian Varone, commander of the Valais cantonal police, told Blick of the poor weather conditions in the area, which is experiencing “tremendous wind”, cold, and poor visibility.

Zermatt is in the Visp district and Valais Canton, not far from the northern Italian border, making it a great place to visit as part of a larger Italy/Switzerland trip. We loved our short visit ...

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The avalanche began around 2 p.m. local time Monday off the slopes of Riffelberg by the Swiss Alpine ski resort of Zermatt ... in the Valais region, while the sixth lived in western Switzerland.

Police in the Swiss canton of Valais launched a search on Sunday for six people who were reported missing after setting out on a ski tour from the Alpine town of Zermatt.. Bad weather conditions ...

My first ever trip to continental Europe was a hiking vacation to Zermatt more than three decades ago. In the interim, I’ve been back to Switzerland many times, skiing and hiking all over the ...