From his office in the alpine ski resort of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, meteorologist Gilles Brunot is looking out at snow-capped peaks washed with spring sunshine, resplendent under a pale blue sky.

Veti-Gel is a liquid that can not only immediately stop bleeding but also initiate healing.

In Wengen, a ski resort perched high in the centre of Switzerland, AC/DC has infiltrated.

While leaf-peeping in the Upper Engadine valley, Kate Simon welcomes the changing of the seasons.

Sports writer Dan Coyle tells Phil Taylor about his long battle to cut through the PR myths surrounding Lance Armstrong and organised doping in cycling.

Simon Winter finds you don't have to spend a fortune to take in the majesty of Switzerland's mountains.

This canton in the southwest of Switzerland is home to some of the country's most famous landmarks, including the Matterhorn and the Aletsch Glacier.

New Zealand won’t win eight golds in London, but it doesn’t stop anybody dreaming of stepping on top of the dais.

Anthony Lambert takes a trip on a lovingly-restored cogwheel steam locomotive route through the Swiss Alps.

Connected by a scene-stealing Swiss rail journey and close enough to be combined in a week's skiing, these resorts offer an embarrassment of activities and diversions.

Two of the Swiss resorts that invented winter sporting pastimes are still the best, writes Leslie Woit.

Leukerbad lies in a natural amphitheatre, cocooned on three sides by vast rock walls.