With plenty of snow it’s now business as usual at Vienna’s local ski resort at Semmering Zauberberg – just an hour’s drive from the Austrian capital. This month there are a number of attractions starting on eighth February with the Ö3 PistenBully! The DJs from the ORF’s flagship radio program will be helping to turn […]
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Residents in the Austrian capital Vienna woke up this week to discover that skiing had been banned in the city’s parks. Although many of the Viennese parks such as the Volksgarten and Burggarten are relatively flat the signs have nevertheless been erected with park officials explaining that it was a cost-cutting measure. Spokesman for the […]
Working up an appetite in East Tyrol
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With some 357 kilometres of slopes between the south side of the Alps and Carinthia, East Tyrol is the perfect skiing destination for all sun and snow lovers. Those who work up an appetite on the slopes however are also well provided for at the dramatic Adler Lounge, perched on the top of the Cimaross […]
Skiing deaths down sharply
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Significantly fewer people lost their lives on slopes in the Austrian mountains in the past winter holiday period.The Austrian Committee for Alpine Safety (KfAS) said today (Fri) 33 skiers and snowboarders were killed. With 48 people, most of last winters victims died on prepared pistes. The organisation added that 96 people lost their lives on […]
An autopsy has been ordered after an elderly German collapsed and died on a slope in Tyrol.Officials in Finkenberg announced today (Mon) that the 72-year-old from Berlin may have suffered a heart attack. They stressed that a forensic examination should reveal the cause of the pensioners death.The incident occurred on Saturday morning at the Hintertuxer […]
Family resort is a real ‘Katsch’
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In my opinion there has always been something very special about the Katschberg – the town on top of a mountain pass which nestles on the border between Carinthia and Salzburg.I first visited the region in the summer almost 50 years ago with my father at the wheel of a VW Beetle. We had been […]
A leading conservative politician has suffered serious injuries in a hit and run skiing crash.Othmar Karas, a member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP), suffered several fractures and cuts in the collision with a man from the United Kingdom on Tuesday, it emerged today (Fri).Reports have it that Karas handed […]
German killed while freeskiing
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A German skier has died after leaving maintained slopes in Tyrol.The 48-year-old man crashed on a rocky hill which had no path after he decided to leave prepared pistes in the Karwendel mountain range in the western province of Tyrol yesterday (Sun).The man was airlifted to a clinic after other skiers discovered him lying on […]
Former model Heather Mills has been injured in a skiing accident in Austria, it has emerged.The winter sport enthusiast announced on her Twitter account that she sustained the injury to her right leg as she skied at around 100 kilometres per hour (kph) in the Austrian Alps.The 43-year-old said the accident occurred in a 24-hour […]
Elderly skier hits snow groomer
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A skier is recovering after crashing against a snow groomer.The restaurant manager, 64, was skiing down a hill in the winter sport resort of Heiligenblut, Carinthia, when he failed to notice the vehicle parked on the side of the slope on Thursday evening.Local officials said staff briefly parked the groomer while they checked a fake […]