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Don’t eat the ORANGE snow! Plume of Saharan sands turns the ski resorts of the Alps ski resorts deep apricot after being blown thousands of miles from Africa Cross-country ski track in Val Ferret, Switzerland, was scattered with the sand A skier in the Pyrenees also captured the blanket of sand covering the snow The … Read more
The 38-year-old British man who died in an avalanche on the Swiss Alps yesterday has been identified as a chef from Doncaster. Jamie Clark was killed when snow engulfed ten people off-piste in Les Attelas area near Verbier at around 10.20am on Monday. Helicopters, ski patrol and dog teams rushed to the avalanche to save … Read more
Daniella Dunleavy, 24, killed herself after being bullied by colleagues while working as a chalet girl, an inquest has heard A ‘kind and thoughtful’ young girl killed herself after being bullied by colleagues while working as a chalet girl, an inquest has heard. Daniella Dunleavy had a dream job working in the Courchevel resort in the French Alps … Read more
Rebel Wilson spends Thanksgiving hiking through the snowy mountains of the Austrian Alps: ‘Feeling on top of the world!’ By Sam Joseph Semon For Dailymail.com Published: 18:15 GMT, 27 November 2020 | Updated: 18:15 GMT, 27 November 2020 Rebel Wilson seems to be enjoying the snowy weather. The actress, 40, posted a number of photos … Read more
Early snow cover at altitude in the Alps is the deepest in recent years. Sadly, we can’t enjoy it at the moment. But it’s my belief that the European ski season will have a strong second half from mid or late February until late April. In Austria, France, Switzerland and Italy too many livelihoods depend … Read more
Ascending to this incredible new observation deck might just be the peak experience of a visit to the Italian Alps. Called Ötzi Peak 3251m, it is perched around the corner from Austria on the Schnals Valley Glacier ridge in the South Tyrol at a height, as the name suggests, of 3,251m (10,666ft). The viewing platform … Read more
American military employee, 26, is facing huge fines in Germany after she sparked a COVID cluster in the Alps when she went on a pub crawl while infected Unnamed woman returned from Greece vacation and reported symptoms She took a COVID-19 test on September 7 and was told to quarantine Instead, officials in Garmisch-Partenkirchen say … Read more
A skier came across a surprising sight in a remote area of the Italian Alps – the preserved remains of a 400-year-old goat. With only half of its body sticking out of the ice, Hermann Oberlechner said the animal’s skin ‘looked like leather, completely hairless.’ Oberlechner had hiked six hours into the mountains, so an … Read more
Two British girls who witnessed their parents being shot dead by a mystery killer in the French Alps are to be reinterviewed – eight years after the horrific murders. Zainab and Zeena Al-Hilli were just seven and four when their father Saad, 50, and mother Iqbal, 47, were gunned down in front of them close … Read more
Backed up in the cloud! Woman drops her brand new iPhone 11 from more than 5,000ft while paragliding over the French Alps An American tourist dropped her phone while shooting selfie footage in France The iPhone 11 fell into Lake Annecy on Wednesday and was never recovered Footage shot by her paragliding instructor on GoPro … Read more