Indeed, if we haven't spent any time there, many of us may just picture a single famous mountain, like the Matterhorn ... The Via Alpina hiking trail is a 1,200-mile, eight-nation tribute to ...

For a closer view, sleek cable cars whisk you up to Matterhorn Glacier Paradise, a plush facility surrounded by hiking trails and hosting an excellent restaurant with predictably breathtaking vistas.

War novels are tough. Either they seem unrealistic or so realistic your insides churn by the bloody exoticness of it all. “Matterhorn” was no exception. But I couldn’t put it down. I read ...