Set 5, 700 feet high in New Zealand's Southern Alps, the two-bedroom mountain cabin is accessible only by helicopter.

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Lake's my lake hotel and spa opens 15 April on Austria's southern Alps.

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Along the sweep of the Southern Alps, beyond Aoraki, is Twizel.

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When Seasonz organized my trip to the Southern Alps (I was their guest), my local host in Queenstown had lived in that city for 20 years and knew absolutely everyone.

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The Franz Josef glacier on the west side of the Southern Alps of New Zealand advanced sharply during the period of the Little Ice Age, actually invading a rain forest at its maximum extent in the early 1700s.

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For one of the prettiest drives in the region, follow the Maggia River out of Locarno through the idyllic Valle Maggia into the southern slope of the Swiss Alps.

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