Spectacular images that show how a park becomes a lake each spring complete with underwater trees have been captured by two divers. The snaps were taken at the Gruener See, or Green Lake as it is called in English, located in the southern Austrian province of Styria. During the winter months the lake, located near […]
Austria’s far right Freedom Party (FPOe) is being sued by British rock band Snow Patrol for the illegal use of one of their songs in an election campaign. Universal Music, which represents the band, has launched legal action against the Freedom Party for using the song ‘Run’ without permission. It featured in a video which […]
Parts of Southern Austria have been put on the highest avalanche warning after a large snowstorm over the weekend brought some of the heaviest snow for 15 years. Authorities have warned against any off-piste or back country skiing and many resorts are on Level 4 or Level 5 avalanche alerts, the highest alert level where […]
Austrian ski resorts are reporting optimal skiing conditions in time for the opening of the ski season. Some say they have more snow than ever for the time of year especially on glaciers in the popular Austrian ski region of Tirol. Yesterday (Sunday) more than 7000 skiers visited the Stubtai Glacier where they enjoyed the […]
The heavy rainfalls of the last week have led to a critical avalanche situation in the high-alpine regions of Tirol where there is already an onset of winter, experts have warned. Experts from the Avalanche Warning Service have explained that the risk is due to the fact that a fresh layer of snow and an […]
Erwin Hameseder, head of the Raiffeisen-Holding Lower Austria-Vienna will have to pay himself for the damage of the car accident he caused with his Porsche 911 on 3 April. An expert report stated that there was a cause and effect relationship between tyres and the accident. The spokesperson of Raiffeisen Insurance told the Austria Press […]
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 […]
A woman has survived unhurt after falling into a crevasse whilst skiing on the Stubtaier glacier in Tirol, Austria. The woman fell two and a half metres down the crevasse whilst skiing at around 3000 metres above sea level. The woman from the Baden area of Lower Austria had ventured off piste to explore and […]
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. […]
Austria’s glaciers shrunk last year faster than ever before according to the latest report by the countries mountain sports association the Alpenverein. Measurements carried out by a team of 20 experts showed that 97 percent of the ice giants had seen a significant shrinkage – with none of the 95 glaciers growing any larger – […]