Austrian Alpine Club says rising temperatures causing water shortages, forcing hut closures and upgrades as high-altitude ...

A group of five hikers and a police officer were killed in two separate avalanches that struck the Austrian Alps just hours apart on Sunday, authorities said. An avalanche in the Dachstein region, ...

VIENNA (AP) — A small plane that took off from neighboring Germany crashed in the Austrian Alps on Saturday, killing all four people on board, authorities said. The propeller plane crashed near Wald ...

Three German skiers were killed and a fourth is missing after they were struck by an avalanche in the Austrian Alps, officials said Sunday as two ski patrollers were killed in France when the devices ...

A 22-year-old hiker has been struck dead by lightning in the Austrian Alps, police said on Monday. The Austrian was travelling with his mother and brother on Sunday in the East Tyrol region of the ...

MAYRHOFEN, Austria - I'm standing 7,500 feet up an Austrian mountainside, attempting to imitate an Alpine aria as performed by the love child of Mariah Carey and a demented Siamese cat in heat. The ...

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A man in Austria was charged in the death of his girlfriend after leaving her behind, in a case testing ideas of freedom and ...

To the contemporary eye, the healing nature of Austria’s Alps lies in its natural majesty, cultural identity and enduring food traditions. Summer delivers the trifecta of that promise: spend days ...

HINTERSTODER, Austria — Nepal’s Sherpas helped conquer Everest, but Hans Gapp remains convinced that the world’s best mountaineers have something to learn at Austria’s lower altitudes from alpinists ...