An avalanche that decimated a free-style race between 50 skiers and snowboarders injured three.The race, which started at 1pm on Saturday in an off-piste area near Ischgl in Tyrols Landeck district ended in disaster when it triggered a 90 metre-wide avalanche that swept away three of the participants, police said.Two were partially buried, and a […]
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A Lower Austrian ski tourer was rescued with a rope via helicopter after falling 250 metres at a steep snow-covered area in the Dachstein region today (Tues).The injured 42-year-old woman was hospitalised in Schladming, Styria, rescue operation group ÖAMTC said.Local officials said the woman who was on a ski tour with her husband […]
A concert by Australian rock legends AC/DC at an Austrian airport could be cancelled because of unexploded WWII bombs.State broadcaster ORF reported yesterday (Weds), that the concert venue – the airport in Wels, Upper Austria – had been the target of heavy bombing by the Allies during the war.It added that Helmut Track, the city […]
A skier is in a critical state after skiing into a piste grooming machine cable on Sunday evening at the Wagrain ski area in Salzburg, police said yesterday (Mon).Günther S., 50, was skiing down to the middle lift station at about 8pm after a birthday party at the “Gipfelstadl” mountain hut when he failed to […]
A 70-year-old German skier died yesterday (Weds) after skiing off piste and hitting a tree at the Bergeralm ski area in Tyrols Innsbruck-Land district, police said.The accident occurred at around 2pm. Rescuers were unable to help the man, who died on the spot owing to severe head and chest injuries.
Two Dutch boys aged 13 and 14 were rescued by helicopter as darkness was falling yesterday (Sun) near Loser in Styrias Liezen district.The boys were skiing off piste down to the valley floor when they became stranded at 4pm in a steep, rocky area at an elevation of 1,400 metres and called rescuers.In another incident […]
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The danger of avalanches in Austrian mountains ranges from slight to considerable at present but is expected to rise over the weekend as the weather worsens.The Lower Austrian avalanche warning service said today (Fri) the level was three in areas bordering on the Ybbs Valley and the Rax-Schneeberg area, two in Türnitz Alps and one […]
A German skier was found lying dead on the edge of a piste yesterday (Mon) at the Seekarspitz ski area in the Obertauern mountains in Salzburg province.Police said other skiers, including three doctors, and a rescue team had tried to vain to revive the man, 41. Rescuers took his body down to the valley floor.Police […]
By William GreenA concert by rock legends AC/DC is to go ahead despite protests by environmental groups, it has emerged.Environmentalists had protested over the site of the gig set to take place at the airfield in Wels, Upper Austria, on 22 May claiming it posed a risk to the offspring of a number of endangered […]