Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022 at 11 p.m. on KPBS TV / On demand now on YouTube and with KPBS Passport!
In this thin-air thriller, join Rick Steves on an alpine adventure — from Italy to Austria to Switzerland to France — with scenic train rides, breathtaking lifts, majestic glaciers, and unforgettable hikes. In this greatest-hits blitz of the Alps, we celebrate both nature and culture.
![Rick Steves enjoying a high-altitude lunch of wurst and beer atop the Zugspitze, on the German-Austrian border.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/398d3f9/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1096x675+104+0/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fcd%2F21%2F94387f9b4e67ada1a5a4414500b7%2Frick-steves-germany-zugspitze-lunch.jpg)
We conquer the Dolomites in Italy and the Zugspitze in Austria. Then, in Switzerland, we savor more jaw-dropping mountain beauty — from the Matterhorn to the Jungfrau to Appenzell.
![Rick Steves with Switzerland's iconic Matterhorn.](https://cdn.kpbs.org/dims4/default/732108d/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1096x675+71+0/resize/880x542!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fkpbs-brightspot.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com%2F70%2F3e%2F47f7b1474dffaf7f83f76427e807%2Frick-steves-switzerland-matterhorn.jpg)
And in France, with Chamonix as our springboard, we ride the lift up to the Aiguille du Midi and hut-hop along the iconic Tour du Mont Blanc hiking path. While visiting the literal high points of Europe, we also enjoy alpine life, from folk music to rustic cheese-making.