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☆ Zermatt: Five skiers found dead, one missing in Swiss Alps
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Martin Goillandeau | Cnn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —The bodies of five missing skiers were found in the Swiss Alps on Sunday evening, while rescuers are still searching for a sixth person, local police said on Monday. The family members were from the Valais canton, while the sixth person is from the canton of Fribourg. Police did not reveal the identities of the dead skiers, whose bodies were found in Tête Blanche on Sunday, Reuters reported. Search-and-rescue operations were launched on Saturday after the skiers went missing near the 3,706-meter-high (12,159 feet) Tête Blanche pass, en route to the village of Arolla. This call enabled him to be located in the Tête Blanche pass area, at an altitude of around 3,500 meters” (around 11,480 feet), police said.

Persons: Tête Blanche, Valais Cantonal Police Christian Varone, Valentin Flauraud, Blanche, Mont Organizations: CNN, Reuters, Police, Sunday, Valais Cantonal Police Christian, AP Police, “, Cantonal Police, Rescue Organization, Swiss Air Force Locations: Swiss, Zermatt, Blanche, Valais, Fribourg, Tête, Sion , Switzerland, Arolla, Canton, OCVS, Chamonix, France, Mont Blanc, Switzerland

☆ Five Cross-Country Skiers Found Dead in Switzerland, AFP Reports
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( March | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Five cross-country skiers were found dead in Switzerland and a search is still on for a sixth skier, AFP reported on Monday, citing police. Police in Switzerland's Valais canton on Sunday were searching for six people who went missing during a ski tour that departed from the Alpine town of Zermatt. The skiers, five of them members of the same family, went missing around Tete Blanche mountain on Saturday on the Zermatt-Arolla path, near the Matterhorn mountain that straddles the border between Switzerland and Italy, police had said earlier. The skiers were between the ages of 21 and 58, according to police. Five belonged to one family from the Valais canton, while a sixth person is from the canton of Fribourg.

Persons: Gursimran Kaur, Himani Sarkar, Jamie Freed Organizations: Reuters, AFP, Police, Sunday Locations: Switzerland, Switzerland's Valais, Alpine, Zermatt, Valais, Tete Blanche, Italy, Fribourg, Bengaluru

☆ Swiss Rescuers Find Bodies of Five Missing Skiers
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-11 | by ( Emma Bubola | More About Emma Bubola | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Five missing skiers were found dead in the Swiss Alps and the search was ongoing for a sixth member of their group, the local police said on Monday. The skiers set out from the Swiss resort town of Zermatt on Saturday morning, aiming for the village of Arolla, across a series of snow-covered peaks. A relative alerted rescue services on Saturday afternoon that the group of Swiss citizens age 21 to 58 had failed to arrive at the village, according to a statement from the Valais region’s police force. One of the skiers managed to call for help about an hour later, allowing rescuers to locate the group near the peak of the Tête Blanche mountain at about 11,000 feet of altitude, the commander of the force told a news conference on Monday. But severe weather conditions and a risk of avalanches forced the search to be suspended until the next day.

Locations: Swiss, Zermatt, Arolla, Valais

☆ The most exciting new trains coming in 2024
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-04 | by ( Ben Jones | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

CNN —Around the world, travelers are flocking back to trains, and demand is increasing across the board for high-speed trains, luxury “land cruises” and long-distance day and night trains. Here are some of the best new trains you’ll be able to take in 2024. Laurie Dieffembacq/Belga/AFP/Getty ImagesLinks between two of Europe’s most visited capitals have traditionally been pretty poor, with no direct trains since the 1990s. Ian Clarke/Alamy Stock PhotoFour continents, 13 countries, and seven luxury trains across 80 days – the ultimate experience for rail travel connoisseurs is due to depart in late 2024. BelmondOne of the world’s greatest luxury train journeys is returning to the rails in 2024 after a four-year gap.

Persons: Laurie Dieffembacq, Dimorestudio, Vita ”, Riva Aquarama, itineraries, Jeroen Berends, Gabriel Bouys, it’s, Jesus Hellin, That’s, Trenitalia, Luigi Ferraris, France –, Railbookers, Ian Clarke, we’ve, ”, Frank Marini, Alex Halada, There’s Organizations: CNN, Orient, Getty, ÖBB, Austrian Federal Railways, SNCF, Eurostar, National, Europa Press, French, Renfe, FS, Rocky Mountaineer, Royal, Orient Express, Oriental, ”, Oriental Express, Austrian Railways, Swiss Locations: Swiss, Venice, Paris, Berlin, AFP, Strasbourg, Frankfurt, Italy, Rome, Matera, Palermo, Sicily, Messina, Europe’s, Istanbul, Split, Brussels, Prague, Europe, Dutch, Dresden, Belgian, Roman, Naples, Madrid, Spain, France, Spanish, Barcelona, Lyon, Marseille, Canada, Central Europe, India, South Africa, Eastern, Vancouver, Malaysia, Singapore, Malaysia’s, Kuala Lumpur, Langkawi, Penang, Bangkok, Vienna, Innsbruck, Hamburg, Switzerland, Germany, Zürich, Gornergrat Bahn, Zermatt, Gornergrat, Riffelalp

☆ Travel news: Escape the crowds at these affordable alternatives to hot spots
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-11 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Get the latest news in aviation, food and drink, where to stay and other travel developments. They’re all shooting up Expedia’s search rankings, too, which means you might want to get there before everybody else does. Making tracksIndonesia launched Southeast Asia’s first bullet train last month, a $7.3 billion train line that connects two of its largest cities, Jakarta and Bandung. And in Austria, state railway ÖBB has unveiled a 33-strong fleet of night trains that will debut next month. England was the birthplace of railways, back in 1825, but almost 200 years later, the country’s train industry is in turmoil.

Persons: Expedia, Martin, Copenhagen’s Noma, Le Gavroche, Julie Balzano, ”, Rodney Hodgins, CNN Tom Stuker, Here’s Organizations: CNN, Michelin, Nashville, Passengers, Air Canada, Geographic Locations: Paros, Greece, Perth, Australia, Liverpool, Palermo, Sicily, Lisbon, Quebec City, Canada, Geneva, Switzerland, Memphis , Tennessee, Pattaya, Thailand, Bangkok, Taipei, Taiwan, Seoul, South Korea, Sapporo, Japan, Zermatt, Long, Miami, Colombia, Las Vegas, Indonesia, Southeast, Jakarta, Bandung, Austria, Britain, England, Korea

☆ Inside Turkey’s ‘hidden’ ski world
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Rob Hodgetts | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

In winter, moist air from the Black Sea mixes with cold mountain air to produce plentiful powder snow at altitude from January to April. “It was probably my best day’s skiing ever.”Apres ski here is low key, with hot baths, games of table tennis or massages. On bad weather days, alternative activities include skiing from the snowcat, snow shoeing or ski touring. The Kaçkar mountains could soon be on the world ski map, and not just for heli-skiing. “We will be very happy if, one day, there is a ski resort in Ayder,” says Gasser.

Persons: he’d, Thierry Gasser, Gasser, “, Danilo Garin, “ It’s, ”, Oliver Evans, you’ve, You’ve, Evans, they’re, Georg, Yann clambered, Dany, “ You’re, Jeremy Jones, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Organizations: CNN, heli, Air, Turkish Locations: Swiss, Kyrgyzstan, Turkey, Europe, Russian Caucasus, Uzbekistan, India, Canada, Alaska, Turkey’s, Georgia, Verbier, Ayder, London, Air Zermatt, Switzerland, “, Italy, Istanbul, Rize, Trabzon, Ayder . Swiss, British Columbia, France, Germany, Austria, Sweden, New Zealand, USA, American

☆ Melting ice reveals remains of climber lost on glacier 37 years ago
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Nadine Schmidt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Berlin CNN —The remains of a German mountain climber who went missing 37 years ago while hiking along a glacier near Switzerland’s iconic Matterhorn have been recovered, as melting glaciers lead to the re-emergence of bodies and objects thought to be long lost. “DNA analysis enabled the identification of a mountain climber who had been missing since 1986,” police said in a statement. The discovery of the remains of the German climber comes as scientists revealed earlier this week that this month is on track to be the planet’s hottest in around 120,000 years. All glaciers are melting very fast and receding across the European Alps,” Nicholson said. “Some regions of the world are much more dependent on the glacier mountains than we are here – in some cases they are much more vulnerable than the Alps,” Nicholson added.

Persons: “, Lindsey Nicholson, ” Nicholson, ‘ Organizations: Berlin CNN, ” Police, Valais Hospital, Police, University of Innsbruck, CNN, Reuters Locations: Zermatt, Valais, German, Austria

☆ Switzerland finds remains of climber who disappeared on glacier in 1986
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-27 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

The grisly discovery was made on July 12 by climbers hiking along the Theodul Glacier in Zermatt, police in the Valais canton said on Thursday. "DNA analysis enabled the identification of a mountain climber who had been missing since 1986," the police said in a statement. "In September 1986, a German climber, who was 38 at the time, had been reported missing after not returning from a hike." The climber's remains underwent a forensic analysis at Valais Hospital, allowing experts to link them to the 1986 disappearance, the police said. Last year Switzerland's glaciers registered their worst melt rate since records began more than a century ago, losing 6% of their remaining volume -- nearly double the previous record in 2003.

Persons: Gabrielle Tétrault, Farber, Jonathan Oatis Organizations: Valais Hospital, Thomson Locations: GENEVA, Zermatt, Valais, German

☆ Swiss police evacuate villages due to wildfire
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

GENEVA, July 17 (Reuters) - Swiss police ordered the evacuation of several mountain villages late on Monday as a forest fire spread, while it was not immediately clear how many people were affected. It later added that three other villages were to be evacuated and warned of rockfalls. Air Zermatt, which operates four of the helicopters, said efforts to extinguish the fire would continue through the night. Valais police posted pictures showing a helicopter dangling a water cannon above a forest fire in the afternoon. loadingThe area is affected by the same Mediterranean heatwave affecting southern Europe, with temperatures set to exceed 30 Celsius in parts of the Valais canton this week, forecasts show.

Persons: Emma Farge, Gabrielle Tetrault, Farber, Josie Kao Organizations: Swiss, Twitter, rockfalls, Air Zermatt, Thomson Locations: GENEVA, Valais, Ried, Morel, Brig, Air, Europe

☆ How to put your best travel foot forward for Earth Day 2023
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-22 | by ( Forrest Brown | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +20 min

But you don’t have to totally cut out travel or stay super close to home to be a good planetary citizen. You need a city that’s dedicated to getting it right to best enjoy an urban biking vacation. Here, we've curated 30 of our favorite corners, including the Thu Bon River, which flows through central Vietnam. A maze of rivers and caves, the UNESCO World Centre is defined by its craggy limestone facades and jade green water. Bruno De Hogues/Photodisc/Getty Images Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park: A UNESCO World Heritage, Phong Nha-Ke Bang National Park is heaven for spelunkers.

☆ I asked ChatGPT to help me plan a vacation. Here’s what happened next
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-27 | by ( Monica Pitrelli | Chris Dwyer | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +8 min

So the idea that artificial intelligence chatbots, such as ChatGPT and Bing, can research travel destinations and create itineraries is intriguing. I went to the developer's website, clicked on the word "ChatGPT," registered for an account — and started chatting. "All of the places I recommended have great online reviews," ChatGPT replied, providing ratings from Tripadvisor, Booking.com and Google for each hotel. But ChatGPT couldn't show photographs of the hotels or help book them — although it did provide ample instructions on how to do both. Every city I asked ChatGPT about resulted in the bot praising the local food scene.

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