Three people died on Matterhorn last week in two separate accidents. By chance, a mountain guide filmed one of the victims shortly before the man fell to his death. The guide, Eukeni Soto, was shocked ...
The Matterhorn Bobsleds ride was the world's first rollercoaster to use steel tubular track, according to the Disneyland website. It was built by manufacturer Arrow Development and was the first ...
Extraordinary coincidences led to a misunderstanding about an accident on the Matterhorn. Yet the lesson remains: Mountaineering is no joke, the Matterhorn is a serious endeavor, and mistakes ...
A South Korean man has become the seventh climber this year to fall to their death on the Matterhorn peak in Switzerland as guides continue to call on officials to close the mountain for being “too ...
Explorers have mapped the surface of the iconic Matterhorn painstakingly by foot, by satellite, and now by drone, thanks to a partnership between drone maker senseFly and nonprofit Drone Adventures.
GENEVA — Swiss police said that the remains of a German climber who has been missing for nearly 40 years were found by climbers earlier this month as ice was melting by the Matterhorn mountain. Police ...
Should the Matterhorn close? That question arose again last week after at least one anonymous guide told the Swiss newspaper Tages Anzeiger that the mountain was too unstable and therefore too ...
Toblerone is changing its chocolate bar's iconic packaging as the company moves to comply with new "Swissness" laws. But don't worry: The chocolate will stay the same. The wrapper will no longer ...
In a quiet corner of the Monte Rosa Hotel in Zermatt, Switzerland’s highest ski resort, there is a room full of faded photographs of Britain’s bravest (and most reckless) mountaineers. These are the ...