On a Wednesday evening at the end of last winter I found myself on the terrace at the Dix hut, a refuge perched at almost 3,000 metres in the Swiss Alps. The hut sits on an outcrop above a vast ...

Mountain Guide Giampaolo Betta introduces three ski mountaineering itineraries in the Apuan Alps: Carcaraia up Monte Tambura, Monte Sagro and Canale delle Rose on Monte Pisanino. The Apuan Alps are a ...

Francesco Vascellari and Loris de Barba introduce '4000m Peaks in the Alps. Ski Touring and Steep Skiing', their guidebook to the 4000m mountains in the Alps. Three routes presented on ...

Since I was a baby, most of my weekends from May to September have been spent on one beach or another. The minute the weather tips over into the 70s, I start planning beach days that begin at 8 a.m. — ...

This low-profile, collapsible camping chair from ALPS Mountaineering is the Goldilocks of camping chairs: It’s not too big so as to be a burden to carry around but not so small that you feel ...