https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Switzerland in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Local authorities in the Swiss resort of Zermatt have dismissed calls for the Matterhorn to be closed after a mountain guide said the peak was too dangerous. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190807/switzerlands-matterhorn-mountain-will-not-be-closed Wed, 07 Aug 2019 12:14:07 +0200 switzerlands-matterhorn-mountain-will-not-be-closed Switzerland's iconic Matterhorn mountain should be closed to climbers, mountain guides have told a Swiss newspaper in comments that have divided the climbing community. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190805/too-dangerous-calls-for-switzerlands-matterhorn-to-be-closed Mon, 05 Aug 2019 18:16:43 +0200 too-dangerous-calls-for-switzerlands-matterhorn-to-be-closed Two German mountaineers have fallen to their deaths while climbing one of the highest peaks in the Swiss Alps, the Dent Blanche, police said on Sunday. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190805/two-german-climbers-die-in-swiss-peak-fall-mountaineering Mon, 05 Aug 2019 11:31:41 +0200 two-german-climbers-die-in-swiss-peak-fall-mountaineering A climber from South Korea died on Monday after hitting bad weather on the iconic Matterhorn mountain. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190717/south-korean-climber-dies-on-switzerlands-matterhorn Wed, 17 Jul 2019 13:17:41 +0200 south-korean-climber-dies-on-switzerlands-matterhorn A Dutch man fell to his death on Wednesday while hiking in the mountains in the Swiss canton of Valais. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190704/dutch-walker-killed-in-swiss-hiking-accident-valais Thu, 04 Jul 2019 13:12:56 +0200 dutch-walker-killed-in-swiss-hiking-accident-valais Two young American tourists had to be rescued by helicopter from the Uetliberg mountain in Zurich on Tuesday afternoon, police have said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190625/stranded-us-teens-rescued-from-zurichs-uetliberg-mountain Tue, 25 Jun 2019 22:39:51 +0200 stranded-us-teens-rescued-from-zurichs-uetliberg-mountain A 24-year-old British climber died on Monday while descending the Matterhorn mountain, police in the Swiss canton of Valais said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20190603/british-climber-dies-on-switzerlands-matterhorn-mountaineering-death-accident Mon, 03 Jun 2019 21:45:19 +0200 british-climber-dies-on-switzerlands-matterhorn-mountaineering-death-accident Heading up to the mountains is a national pastime in Switzerland but 2018 got off to a particularly deadly start and experts are worried the Alpine country is set for a record number of mountain fatalities this year. https://www.thelocal.ch/20180918/could-switzerland-see-a-record-number-of-mountain-deaths-this-year Tue, 18 Sep 2018 12:11:15 +0200 could-switzerland-see-a-record-number-of-mountain-deaths-this-year Swiss mountaineer Ueli Steck, who fell to his death on Sunday during preparations for summiting Everest, will be buried in Nepal, his spokesman has said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170501/ueli-steck-to-be-buried-in-nepal Mon, 01 May 2017 12:25:43 +0200 ueli-steck-to-be-buried-in-nepal Swiss climber Ueli Steck, one of the most feted mountaineers of his generation and famed for his speed ascents of iconic Alpine routes, has died on Everest, officials said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20170430/famed-swiss-climber-ueli-steck-dies-on-everest-officials Sun, 30 Apr 2017 14:33:05 +0200 famed-swiss-climber-ueli-steck-dies-on-everest-officials A Danish climber fell to his death just after reaching the top of a 4,199 metre (13,776 feet) peak in the Swiss Alps on Wednesday, police said. https://www.thelocal.ch/20120809/danish-climber-dies-in-mountain-fall Thu, 09 Aug 2012 13:27:54 +0200 danish-climber-dies-in-mountain-fall