With daily lift tickets at some major US ski resorts costing $250 for an adult pass, even more at some areas, Switzerland’s Jungfrau Region offers a far more affordable alternative at $85.

Let’s do it.’ ” That’s how Veilleux found herself careening down a nearly two-and-a-half mile (four-kilometer) sledding run at the Grindelwald-First ski area in Switzerland’s Jungfrau ...

Sitting on a sunny shelf, Wengen shares a ski area with Grindelwald, and most of the slopes are above its neighbour, under the towering north face of the Eiger. Until the early 20th century ...

(Getty Images)| Perched at 3,392 feet above sea level, Grindelwald, a village in Switzerland's Bernese Alps, is a popular skiing destination. It's also as a base for mountain-climbing ascents up ...