Step into Austria's alpine valleys and you'll discover something remarkable. Villages nestled between towering peaks where centuries-old traditions still pulse through cobblestone streets and wooden ...

Austria is set to become largely "ice-free" within 45 years, the country's Alpine Club warned Friday, as two of its glaciers last year melted by more than 100 meters (330 feet). Amid growing concerns ...

Austria is a country defined by mountains: Well over half of its landscape is shaped by the iconic Alps. A night spent in Innsbruck, the capital city of Tyrol (the state in which Austria’s highest ...

BORMIO, Italy, Feb 15 - The Austrian oompah band was still in tune at the Alpine ski team's hotel after Saturday's Olympic giant slalom but the nation's flat performance in Bormio has left men's head ...

Austria won gold in the Alpine skiing mixed team parallel event on Sunday, beating Germany in the final, while Mikaela Shiffrin will leave the Beijing Olympics without a medal after the United States ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. More and more pathways are opening up in the Alps for people to hike along, rather than just ski. Region Seefeld/dpa-tmn You don't ...

BORMIO, Italy, Feb 3 : When it comes to Alpine ski racing, no nation takes it quite as seriously as Austria where the sport is followed with religious fervour and the deeds of past greats weigh ...

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb 10 : Austria's Ariane Raedler and Katharina Huber won women's team combined gold at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Tuesday as overwhelming U.S. favourites Breezy Johnson ...

Austria is a country defined by mountains: Well over half of its landscape is shaped by the iconic Alps. A night spent in Innsbruck, the capital city of Tyrol (the state in which Austria’s highest ...