In professional mountain biking, it’s downhilling that is the most dynamic… and dangerous. Dominic Bliss met the crazy riders at the 2025 downhilling World Championships, in the Swiss Valais region, and discovered why they launch themselves down steep mountain trails at full tilt

Ski the stunning slopes, then unwind with hearty food, roaring fires, and cosy chalet retreats – the perfect Alpine adventure

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David Myers tests his sanity (and calf muscles) on the Alpenpässe-Weg – a journey of 40 cols and nearly 700km – to discover how the Swiss Alps were lived in and connected long before the combustion engine

Anthony, an ESF ski-school instructor, has paused at the side of the piste, and is excitedly beckoning me over. He’s pointing towards an undisturbed mountainside in the distance. “Look, can you see th

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