Located in an Alpine valley, the town is renowned for winds that make for particularly good flying during the 44th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland, on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





Balloons take off during the 44th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland, on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





Balloons take off during the 44th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland, on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





Balloons take part in the 44th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland, on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





Pilot Amanda Brodbeck prepares her balloon during the 44th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





A crew member adjusts the lines in a hot air balloon at an international balloon festival at Laguna Caren Park, in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, January 13, 2024. (Photo by Esteban Felix/AP Photo)





Seventy-five hot air balloons are taking part in the nine-day International Balloon Festival Château-d'Oex, which closes on Sunday in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland, on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





Balloons take part in the 44th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





A hot-air balloon flies over the Swiss Alps during the 44th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland, Saturday, January 20, 2024. (Photo by Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP Photo)





Pilot Amanda Brodbeck prepares her balloon during the 44th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland, on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





A balloon takes part in the 44th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





A balloon takes part in the 44th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





Hot-air balloons fly during the 44th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland on January 20, 2024. (Photo by Jean-Christophe Bott/EPA/EFE)





A balloon takes part in the 44th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)





A balloon takes part in the 44th International Hot Air Balloon Festival in Chateau-d'Oex, Switzerland on January 25, 2024. (Photo by Denis Balibouse/Reuters)