Two Eiger climbers reportedly dead, rescue impossible due to weather
GenevaLunch News Grindelwald, Switzerland (Tribune de Geneve and TSR, both ats reports Fre) – Two young Swiss climbers are presumed dead after rescue workers, who could not reach them, said they...
View ArticleGrindelwald to announce winner of snow sculpture contest Saturday
GenevaLunch News Grindelwald, Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – The annual snow sculpture contest in the Bernese Alpine resort of Grindelwald ends Saturday 27 January with awards being handed out in...
View ArticleAccidents take tobagganer, base jumper, father and baby
GenevaLunch News Grindelwald, Lauterbrunnen and Savoie in France: sites of four deaths Geneva, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) – Sports accidents in canton Bern have taken two lives while in neighbouring...
View ArticleSnowboarder killed by snow groomer in Grindelwald
GenevaLunch News Bern, Switzerland (GenevaLunch) - A snowboarder, about age 55 was killed when he crashed into a snow grooming machine in the resort of Grindelwald Wednesday morning 23 March. The...
View ArticleZug skier dies in Grindelwald
GenevaLunch News BERN, SWITZERLAND - A 46-year-old man from Zug died after he crashed while skiing in Grindelwald Tuesday afternoon 7 February. The man was coming down the First in the area of...
View ArticleWeekend ski and winter sports report: 9-11 March 2011
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Visitors to the Geneva area for the car show get a real bonus this year, with excellent skiing lined up for this weekend in the Jura, with ski lifts 3 minutes...
View ArticleHot weekend in Switzerland: protests, music, clubbing controls
GenevaLunch News Climber falls to death near Grindelwald GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – The first weekend of summer was a lively one in Switzerland. Geneva‘s streets and squares throbbed to the beats of the...
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