Simplon Pass News Today

Since Friday night, over 100 millimetres of rainfall have inundated the higher terrains of Ticino.

Completed in 2018 in Ried-Brig, Switzerland. Images by Adrien Barakat. Ried-Brig is a small village situated along the road that connects through the Simplon Pass, the Canton of Valais in Switzerland with Italy. Its...

An inquest has found that Jonathan Goldstein did not have the training necessary to fly across the Alps

Jonathan Goldstein, an award-winning music producer, was piloting the single-engine Piper PA-28 Cherokee Arrow when it hit the Hübschhorn mountain in Switzerland

A saxophonist who performed on the BBC Proms was killed along with her musician husband and their six-month-old when their aircraft crashed into the Alps at an almost flat altitude.

Pilots must be trained to fly over mountains, a coroner has warned after a British composer crashed into the Alps and died along with his family.

Pilots must be trained to fly over mountains, a coroner has warned after a British composer crashed into the Alps and died along with his family.

School Ried-Brig by COMAMALA ISMAIL

Britain's Geraint Thomas relinquished the pink jersey on the Giro d'Italia after the breakaway prevailed on the 14th stage, with France's Bruno Armirail the surprise new leader and German rider Nico Denz claiming a second win in three days.

Valais will be in the spotlight on this Grand Tour, as it will host two mountain stages over Ascension weekend, with a finish in Crans-Montana.