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First French ski resorts open, but only at high altitude

A few French high-altitude ski resorts opened ahead of schedule Saturday, just days after storms in the northern Alps wiped out some early snows.

Radio France Internationale

Nespresso launches range of festive coffees and accessories in collaboration with Fusalp

It's inspired by the snowy peaks of the Alps

Hotel Sacher Salzburg review: Grand tradition meets homely vibes with mesmerising views

Perched right on the banks of the Salzach river offering unrivalled views of the city and Alps, a Wes Anderson-esque hotel awaits, writes Rachel Sharp

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Rich buyers running from the climate crisis to the Alps

They might find there's no escape. Rising temperatures in European mountain ranges are increasingly making for an unpredictable ski season, and might hurt wealthy buyers' investments.

Fortune

I hiked the French Alps for the first time — 7 life changing fitness tips I learned

Our in-house personal trainer hiked the French Alps, Les Contamines, with sports brand Columbia. Here's what she learned first hand about physical and mental fitness.

Tom’s Guide

Tour de France 2024 route revealed as race finishes outside Paris for first time in 120-year history

The race will begin in Italy for the first time and end in Nice rather than Paris as the capital turns its attention to the Olympic Games

The Independent UK

Tour de France 2024 route

Two time trials, four summit finishes and a novel Nice finale

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7 of the best ski resorts in Austria

From the snowparks of Saalbach to St Anton’s slopeside après scene, here are the best of Austria’s pistes

The Independent UK

10 of the best ski resorts in Italy

Choose between the Alps and the Dolomites in this more affordable skiing destination

The Independent UK

11 of the best ski holidays in France

Alpine adventures await in some of the world’s most popular resorts

The Independent UK

Can anyone take the fight to Tadej Pogacar in the Alps? - Giro d'Italia stage 15 preview

A look ahead to the mountains, with Manerba del Garda - Livigno (Mottolino), 222km into thin air

Cycling News

‘I drove to the Alps in my electric car’: readers’ favourite eco-conscious ski trips

Our tipsters use trains, hi-tech ferries and electric vehicles to hit the slopes from the Pyrenees to the Tirol

The Guardian - UK

Feral horses in NSW should be culled using aerial shooting, Senate inquiry says

State laws protecting brumbies from culling have led to a growing population damaging the environment in the Australian Alps, committee says

The Guardian - AU

TV tonight: best foot forward on the high wire – all for Stand up to Cancer

Paddy McGuinness and his team face challenges in the Alps to train for a daring fundraising feat in London. Plus an irresistible insight into the wheelchair rugby World Cup. Here’s what to watch this evening

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‘Exceptional year’: Mont Blanc shrinks by another 2 metres

Mountain’s peak has been measured every two years since 2001 and height has varied by almost 5 metres

The Guardian - UK

They kill their own parents, children and neighbours. Now life is even worse for the vicious alpine marmot

The climate crisis has intensified the rodents’ bloodthirsty fighting. From a chalet high on the French-Italian border, scientists are documenting their battles

The Guardian - UK

Rail route of the month: Slovenia’s ‘garden of Eden’ from Sežana to Jesenice

Our slow travel expert takes in the undiscovered charms of the Soča valley and Julian Alps … in a country where train tickets have just got cheaper

The Independent UK

AP PHOTOS: In the warming Alps, Austria's melting glaciers are in their final decades

High up on an Alpine ridge beneath a ceiling of ice, water drips from above into a cave formed by the slowly shrinking Jamtalferner glacier.

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Evening Standard

London Snow Show: The colour of this year’s ski season? Green, of course

If you’re worried about your carbon footprint on the slopes, take heart from these ideas and innovations

The Independent UK

What it’s like to run around Mont Blanc non-stop in Europe’s toughest – and most beautiful – ultra-marathon

It may push you to your limits, but spending the weekend circumnavigating the Alps in the Ultra Trail Mont Blanc is a truly life-changing experience, finds participant Howard Calvert

Evening Standard

OPINION - Rachel Johnson: Scorchio! As we sizzle in the sun let’s cheer this Hot Milf summer

During my Mykonos to London City flight this August, I gazed down at the Alps, engrossed in the thought-sequence I use to self-soothe during any turbulence in life as well as air travel.

The Independent UK

Ex-rugby players to scale Mont Blanc in aid of mental health support in sport

The three former Exeter Chiefs will be scaling the mountain in the Alps to raise money for LooseHeadz, rugby’s leading mental health charity.

LiveScience

Ancient Roman walls discovered in Swiss Alps are an 'archaeological sensation'

Archaeologists have unearthed ancient Roman walls in the foothills of the Swiss Alps.

The Independent UK

Swiss police warn that heat wave raises danger of falling ice, rock in the Alps

Police in southwest Switzerland are warning that a heat wave has increased the risk of falling rock and ice in the Alpine region, where it’s been particularly deadly this year for mountaineers and hikers

The Independent UK

French authorities warn people to avoid the Alps during heatwave

Temperatures are expected to reach 40C this week across southern Europe due to a ‘heat dome’

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