With the snow line edging higher, 186 French ski resorts have shut, while global heating threatens dozens more ...

Ski resorts in the Swiss Alps and all over the world are major contributors to their countries' economies. In the U.S., ...

For one Virginia family, a trip to Europe offered better prices, bigger mountains, and an unexpectedly serious week of ski ...

Pink snow is appearing in the Italian Alps, offering clues as to mankind's impacts on the planet's climate. The snow changes color due to algae blooms which absorb even more heat and then melt more ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... I first stood on skis at age three. Thereafter, my parents took me skiing every winter, because we lived in Munich at the time, and various good valleys in ...

GENEVA — Much of the Alps just don’t look right for this time of year. Sparse snowfall and unseasonably warm winter weather in Europe’s central mountains are allowing grass to blanket hillsides across ...

AFTON, Minn. — One year ago today, the Twin Cities looked like a winter wonderland. The runways were closed at MSP due to heavy snow. Local ski hills were also packed with skiers and snowboarders.

At first glance, the snow that's changed from white to bright pink in the Italian Alps seems like a stunning feat of nature. But scientists say it may actually be a warning sign of environmental ...

Global warming has a particularly pronounced impact on the Alpine region. Like the Arctic, this European mountain range is becoming greener. Researchers have now used satellite data to show that ...

Unusual pink snow found in the Alps is being investigated by Italian researchers. The discoloration is the result of algae that lives on the snow and "eats it," Biagio Di Mauro, from Italy's National ...

Police in Switzerland say a fire at a bar in the Crans-Montana ski resort area is believed to have left "several tens of ...