It’s the seventh day of my week-long ski safari across the Dolomites and I find I have the mountain to myself for a moment. I’m skiing a five-mile run winding past dreamy icefalls against a ...

French alpinist Catherine Destivelle has made a solitary repeat of the Hasse - Brandler route up Cima Grande, Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomites. On 25 and 26 June, with one bivy on the face, Catherine ...

However, away from the Dolomites crowds and nestled between the regions of Piedmont and Val d'Aosta at the French border lies a spectacular gem. Gran Paradiso National Park boasts stunningly wild ...