Read more: 11 Things You Didn't Know You Could Ask For From A Hotel According to Rick Steves, the mountain hotels in the Swiss Alps date back ... to some of the highest-altitude hotels.

On Sunday, an NZZ am Sonntag reportExternal link showed that between January and June 2018, 80 people died climbing or skiing in the Swiss Alps – the highest level since the turn of the century.

Five skiing victims, from France, Italy and Germany, were among a group of 14 who failed to reach a mountain ... to be Swiss - were found in the Bern canton of the Swiss Alps.

Mountain running in Switzerland: Bettmeralp alongside the Aletsch Glacier, Lauterbrunnen to Grindelwald and Monte Zucchero. Three magnificent trail running routes in the Swiss Alps taken from the ...