I've been to several 'dupes' for Switzerland around the US, but none beat the Alpine feel of Washington's North Cascades

America's best mountain area with European Alpine vibes is North Cascades National Park in Washington. It feels like a ...

This 240-Mile Trek in the Swiss Alps Is All About Mountain Huts and Cheese Shops in the Clouds

A full 240-mile trek along the Via Alpina 1 takes around 20 days, but shorter itineraries are possible. For a scenic day trip ...
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Exploring Crans-Montana: A Famous Swiss Ski Resort Gets A Second Life

The Swiss ski resort village of Crans-Montana is home to some of the best skiing, mountain views and homes in the world. In the winter of 1987, travelers from all over the world arrived in western ...

Greetings from the Rhône Glacier, where a gash of pink highlights how it's melting

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the ...

This Utah Mountain Town Feels Like a Swiss Village in the Fall (And It's Absolutely Stunning)

Imagine, on crisp fall mornings, waking up in a stunning destination in Utah that rivals the charm of a Swiss countryside ...
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Archaeologists Have Discovered a Hoard of Bronze Age Artifacts That Was Buried More Than 3,000 Years Ago in the Swiss Alps

During the excavation of a known Roman battle site in the Swiss Alps, archaeologists chanced upon a hoard of 80 artifacts dating to the late Bronze Age. Some of the stand-out objects include sickles, ...
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Past and future landscape dynamics in pasture-woodlands of the Swiss Jura Mountains under climate change

Ecology and Society, Vol. 18, No. 3 (Sep 2013) (32 pages) ABSTRACT. Silvopastoral systems are traditional components of the landscape in the Swiss Jura Mountains, and are promising approaches for the ...