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A father and daughter were among five climbers killed in a devastating avalanche near Italy's Grand Combin massif, a tragic reminder of nature's power in the high Alps.

The Alps, Spain’s Sierra Nevada and the national parks of Sweden and Albania feature among our readers’ treasured winter mountain breaks

First week in Pyrenees, return to Le Lioran in Massif Central and Orcières-Merlette in Alps all highlights of next July

Young Frenchman reportedly set off at 3am to complete the 12 hours ride in the French and Swiss Alps

In a hidden valley in the French Alps, conservationists are quietly raising Europe’s largest bird of prey – the bearded vulture – once wiped out from these mountains. After a century away, it is once again soaring again over the Alps, but its comeback still depends on human care.

By switching TV screens and iPhones for nature, Felicity Byrnes and daughter reach peak bonding among the mountains of Verbier

Greenland is melting, the Alps are melting and the Himalayas are melting -- yet in one vast mountain region, huge glaciers have remained stable, or even gained mass, in recent decades.

The Alps have become overrun with Bentleys and bling. Head instead to the charming and more authentic slopes of the Dolomites this winter

An expert team of trail runners retrace the steps of Banryu, an 18th-century monk and pioneering Japanese alpinist