About 50 farmers rang bells from 5 a.m. to guide 1,200 cattle down the Alpine mountain pass of Klausenpass, rising 1,950 meters (6,400 feet) above sea level. The cows have spent seven weeks high up in ...

A full 240-mile trek along the Via Alpina 1 takes around 20 days, but shorter itineraries are possible. For a scenic day trip ...

Every year, as summer comes to a close, cows, goats and sheep who have spent their summer in mountain pastures on the Alps are herded back down to the safety and warmth of barns before the cold sets ...

Aug. 30 (UPI) --Cows with injuries or pregnancies preventing them from making their annual trip through the Swiss Alps received some help in the form of helicopter rides. Farmers in the Urnerboden ...

KLAUSENPASS, Switzerland (WABC) -- Cows injured during their summer sojourn in the high Swiss Alpine meadows got a jump on their healthier herdmates on Friday when they got helicopter rides down the ...

And they're off! To the thunder of hooves, a chorus of moos and the clanking of bells, nine cows hurtle away in one of the ...

A dozen injured cows were airlifted from the Swiss Alpine meadows on Friday. The result? Wonderful images of flying bovines. Look at these cows! Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. Pigs may not ...

The villagers of the Swiss Alps have an endearingly intimate relationship with the nature that surrounds them, the history of their valley and the folk legends that make that history even more ...