In some caves the oldest ice dates back thousands of years. HOCHSCHNEID (AUSTRIA) In a cave east of Salzburg, paleoclimatologist Tanguy Racine of the University of Innsbruck picks twigs and pine ...

The warning isn’t enough to put me off. I take a minibus from Werfen train station to the Eisriesenwelt ice caves visitor centre, where a stiff, 20-minute hike leads up to a cable car. I get out ...

It’s a quick and easy stroll to the cross-topped viewpoint at Salzburg Hochthron (1853m). Memorable half-day hikes include the one to the Schellenberger ice caves over the border in Bavaria.