a village in northern Italy’s Ortler Alps. It’s only many hours later, after a ride in a ramshackle 4WD and a long uphill trudge behind our guide — moonlit snow shining beneath our feet ...

A terrifying road with incredible zigzag turns for 29 miles is among the world’s most dangerous but the drivers love it. Stelvio Pass, located in the Italian Alps, is one of the highest paved ...

I will return." The Stelvio Pass is found in the Ortler Alps in northeastern Italy just within the Province of Sondrio in the Lombardy Region. If you begin your drive from the north to the south ...

BORMIO, Italy – The Stelvio Pass in Italy’s Ortler Alps isn’t kind to out-of-shape old dudes. Actually, it’s not that kind to those who are in shape, either. At 2,758 metres above sea ...

Gran Zebrù is the second highest peak of the Ortler Alps, reaching a height of 3,851 metres. It has been the site of deadly avalanches in the past. In 2013, six people were killed in two separate ...

the following details concerning it may prove interesting : "The Stelvio Pass is in the mountains which join the Rhetian Alps to the mass of the Ortler, and Confine the upper part of the Valtelina.

"They were part of the Austrian army," he said. "And where were they found?" I asked. "In the Ortler Alps," he replied. "It used to be Austria, but now it is Italy - unfortunately." South Tyrol ...

The destinations of their fieldwork were Gepatschferner in Tyrol’s Kaunertal and Fürkeleferner and Zufallferner below Monte Cevedale peak in the Ortler Alps massif in South Tyrol. These ...

Tucked within an icy mountain lies a meticulously preserved World War I bunker. Climate change means we can now see it. The intact cavern-cum-barracks contains munitions, books, cigarette holders ...

Five people have died and one has been injured after an avalanche in the Alps near the Swiss-Austrian ... emergency services control centre, Patrick Ortler. Another deluge in the valley of ...

"It was one of 13 avalanches today in Tyrol. ... It happened off-piste," Patrick Ortler from rescue services told the AFP news agency. Another person was injured and taken to the hospital while ...