The Swiss Alps are not just for skiing, so when the heat is on the hikers get going, sometimes with assistance, writes Jane Jeffries

Arriving at the station, I step out of the train into the late afternoon sun. The alpine village of Zermatt is small, car-free and exactly as I had imagined. Dominated by the mountains, it’s picture-perfect and even the flower boxes exploding with colour on the chalets look flawless…reads more