Climate change and the ski industry
July came with good news: the referendum in St. Leonhard im Pitztal (Tyrol, Austria) put an end to the planned Pitztal-Ötztal expansion, …
July came with good news: the referendum in St. Leonhard im Pitztal (Tyrol, Austria) put an end to the planned Pitztal-Ötztal expansion, …
What are via ferratas and equipped mountain routes? A via ferrata is a route on a mountain face equipped with steel cables, …
Sunday’s disaster on the Marmolada glacier is one example of Italy’s climate risk. Italy is suffering through a series of heat waves, …
The General Assembly (GA) of Mountain Wilderness International took place last weekend – at the Les Sommets hut in Canton Vaud’s Jura, …
The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC, created by the United Nations Environment Programme and the World Meteorological Organization in 1988), …
When a lack of snow threatened the 1964 Olympic Games in Innsbruck, the Austrian army rushed to the rescue, carving out 20,000 …
The next Winter Olympics are just around the corner, and as usual we question the alleged sustainability of such mega sporting events, …
There is no sign that we are growing back greener after the pandemic, as carbon dioxide emissions are rapidly recovering and are …
Mountain Wilderness International declares its full support for the rally to be held in Cortina on October 24 to open the world’s …
Most of you probably imagined the summit of Mount Everest as a quiet, snowy peak far from civilisation. But then came a …