The Alps are a must-visit for any world traveler, and for an epic mountain adventure, head to this less crowded but equally ...

A helicopter on Tuesday lifted the cross from the 2,962-meter (9,718-foot) peak of the Zugspitze — a mountain shared between ...

Discover the breathtaking beauty of the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest mountain, standing at an impressive 2,962 meters above sea level. Located in the Wetterstein Mountains of the Northern Limestone ...

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Visitors to Germany's highest peak will have to do without the landmark gilded cross at its summit for the next few weeks. A ...

As the second highest mountain in Germany, Watzmann is often overshadowed by the much more famous Zugspitze. So far, the mountain has claimed over 100 lives. Watzmann, Bavarian Alps [Yevhenii ...

We’ve come to the end of the line. Three hours after leaving Munich, our train rolls into Füssen, reaching a final halt at buffers, behind which, somewhere in the dark night sky, is a wall of ...

At the start of November 2019 German alpinist Thomas Huber frees his multi-pitch climb Stone Age (8b+) on Untersberg in Berchtesgaden Alps, Germany. 25 years after that landmark climb Huber has now ...

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