A British soldier who tackled the frozen Austrian Alps wearing just shorts and a T-shirt has been rapped by officials after he had to be rescued from the snowy peak. Rescuers in Hohe Tauern, a mountain range near the western city of Salzburg, say the 37-year-old man had ignored warnings that he could freeze to […]
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Dare devils in the Dachstein mountain region in Styria, Austria can test their nerves on the new so called ‘stairs to nothingness’. Visitors can walk down the narrow glass steps to a viewing platform hanging over the mountains with a spectacular view located at 2,700 metres above sea level. The stairs weigh in at five […]
For the first time, alpine associations will receive money from the tourism fund of the state of Salzburg for the maintenance of their mountain cabins. The “Alpine Club” is pleased but expects to get more subsidies from the public. The mountain huts of the alpine associations in Salzburg will receive 50,000 Euros subsidies per year […]
By Matthias Loinig Ever wanted to escape it all… mobile phones, internet, mass tourism and overfilled wellness hotels and go back to basics in a traditional mountain retreat? Located right in the middle of the Upper Styrian Zirbenwäldern at 1,620 metres is a wonderful family run hut which will take you back decades and promises […]
These two winter sports enthusiasts are lucky to be alive after surviving four nights in a mountain hut at 2,457 metres after getting stuck near Maria Alm in the Pinzgau region of Austria. Mining students Tom Starke and Tim Lutz both aged 20 from Freiberg, Germany, had started out on a snow shoe trek on […]
Sexual peak on offer on ebay
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A romantic couple are to be given the chance to reach new peaks – in a double bed nearly 10,000ft up a mountain in the Alps. The nature lovers will use a bed – laid on by tourism chiefs in Ramsau, Austria – placed at the top of a glacier in complete seclusion apart from […]
A husband has been found guilty of involuntary manslaughter after he set off an avalanche in which his wife subsequently died as they were on a ski tour in Obertauern, Austria in winter 2010. The court in Linz, Austria, yesterday found the 65-year-old guilty of the charges after deciding he had set off the avalanche. […]
The decision to go skiing on one of the high alpine snowfields ended fatally for a 37-year-old from Wals bei Salzburg after he plunged off the side of a cliff and fell 500 m to his death. The man had decided to go skiing on the side of the Hohen Göll mountain in Tennengau when […]
Suicide Sculptures Get the Push
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‘Suicide’ sculptures by British artist Anthony Gormley are to be removed from Alpine passes in Austria where they sparked fears of a rise in the rate of mountain rescue call outs. The 100 sculptures – identical to works in London and New York – show life-sized men standing on the edge of precipices over 100 […]
Segway mountain plunge
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A tourist from Vorarlberg is in a critical condition after falling off a mountain path after using a Segway on an officially organised tour at Seefeld in Tirol. Local police who are investigating have admitted that the Segway might not be the best thing to use on a mountain route, and are investigating how safe […]