Alpine poppy

Alpine lake false-dandelion

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom

Alpine juniper

Alpine fleabane

Alpine pussytoes

Alpine divide

Alpine mint bush

Alpine laurel

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics - Men's giant slalom

Alpine false ohelo

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics - Women's giant slalom

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum. The defending world champion was Marianne Jahn of Austria. The final results saw the second ever occurrence of female siblings on the same individual's event Olympic podium, with French sisters Marielle Goitschel (gold) and Christine Goitschel (silver) repeating (in reverse order) their top two finish in the slalom two days earlier.

The alpine leaf warbler or west Chinese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus occisinensis) is a species of leaf warbler in the Phylloscopidae family. It is found only in China, on Sichuan, Qinghai and Gansu provinces. A record from Yunnan represent a migrating bird.

Alpine lakes are classified as lakes or reservoirs at high altitudes, usually starting around 5,000 feet (1524 metres) in elevation above sea level or above the tree line. Alpine lakes are usually clearer than lakes at lower elevations due to the colder water which decreases the speed and amount of algae and moss growth in the water. Often these lakes are surrounded by varieties of pine trees, aspens, and other high altitude trees.

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Innsbruck, Austria, from January 30 to February 8, 1964. The men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel (above Igls), the other five events at Axamer Lizum. This was the first Olympics in which the finishing times were recorded in hundredths of a second, rather than tenths. It was the third and final Winter Olympics in which East and West Germany competed as the United Team of Germany. Mild weather led to a lack of snow, which was trucked in and packed down by the Austrian army. During a training run for the men's downhill at Patscherkofel on January 25, Ross Milne of Australia lost control and left the course; he hit a tree and later died of a head injury. The Winter Olympics returned to Innsbruck just 12 years later in 1976, after Denver returned its winning bid in November 1972 (Innsbruck was awarded the 1976 games in February 1973).

Alpine resort

Alpine skiers

The Women's downhill competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum. The defending world champion was Christl Haas of Austria. She won the event and lead a sweep of the medals for Austria on home snow. Traudl Hecher also won the bronze medal in the 1960 downhill at age 16: her daughter Elisabeth Görgl won the same medal in the same event in 2010.

The Men's Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse. The defending world champion was Jean-Claude Killy of France, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion and Austria's Gerhard Nenning led the 1968 World Cup.

Alpine groundsel may refer to:
* Packera pauciflora, a plant species from North America
* Senecio pectinatus, a plant species from Australia

The men's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on the Col Druscié run on Tuesday, 31 January. The course length was 617 metres (2,024 ft) with a vertical drop of 251 m (823 ft); the first run had 79 gates and the second had 92 gates. Fifty-seven athletes finished both runs and 23 were disqualified during the first run, and eight during the second. Twenty-nine countries were represented and Toni Sailer of Austria won the second of his three gold medals at these Games. Chiharu Igaya won the silver (the only medal for of Japan at these Games) and Stig Sollander of Sweden took the bronze.

The Men's giant slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum. The defending world champion was Egon Zimmerman of Austria.

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics - Women's downhill

Alpine forget me not

Alpine horn

Downhill

Alpine penny-cress

Alpine house

Alpine flames

Alpine hovea

Alpine golden buckwheat

Alpine lake

Alpine everlasting

Alpine goat

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held in the United States at Squaw Valley, California, from February 20–26, 1960. Competitions took place at Squaw Peak (Men's downhill), KT-22 (Women's downhill, Men's slalom and giant slalom) and (Little) Papoose Peak (sub-peak of KT-22) (Women's slalom and giant slalom). These were the last Olympics with times recorded in tenths of a second; times in 1964 were recorded in hundredths.

The women's alpine skiing slalom event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on Thursday, February 5, 1948. Twenty-eight alpine skiers from ten nations competed.

The Women's slalom competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics at Squaw Valley was held on Friday, February 26,and was the final alpine event of the games. The defending world champion was Inger Bjørnbakken of Norway,who finished 14th. Anne Heggtveit of Canada won by over three seconds after gaining a large lead after the first run. She also won the combined, a world championship title.

Alpine skiing World Cup Men

Alpine nerve sedge

Alpine heath

Women's Combined

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Alpine milkvetch

At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the six alpine skiing events were held on Piz Nair from Monday, 2 February to Thursday, 5 February 1948. After these games, the giant slalom was added and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988. From 1956 through 1980, the combined continued as an FIS medal event for the concurrent World Championships, using the results from three events, conducted as a "paper race." Henri Oreiller of France earned a medal in all three events, with two golds and a bronze. Trude Beiser of Austria and Gretchen Fraser of the United States both won two medals, a gold and a silver each. The first Olympics after World War II did not invite Germany or Japan.

Slalom

Alpine everlasting is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
* Antennaria alpina
* Ozothamnus alpinus
* Xerochrysum subundulatum

The alpine pipit (Anthus gutturalis) is a species of bird in the family Motacillidae. It is found in New Guinea.

The men's alpine skiing downhill event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event and the competition was held on Monday, 2 February 1948. One hundred and eleven alpine skiers from 25 nations competed. Henri Oreiller of France won the first of his two gold medals at these Olympics; he also won the combined and won a bronze medal in slalom.

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics - Men's combined

Alpine rock cress

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics

Alpine gta

Men's Downhill

Alpine lewisia

The men's alpine skiing downhill event of the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was held on Friday, 3 February, at 11:00 a.m.. The starting elevation on the Olimpia - Tofana run was 2,282 m (7,487 ft) above sea level and the course length was 3.461 kilometres (2.151 miles), with a vertical drop of 902 m (2,959 ft) and just 15 control gates. It was the final alpine event of the games and the third straight victory for Toni Sailer of Austria. His average speed was 72.355 km/h (44.96 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.238 m/s (17.19 ft/s).

Alpine punk

Alpine leek orchid

Alpine larch

Alpine ski

Alpine foothills

Alpine lodge

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics - Men's giant slalom

Alpine skiing World Championships

Alpine mint-bush

Alpine newt

Alpine hut

Alpine lake false dandelion

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

Alpine fleabane is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
* Erigeron alpiniformis, native to northern Canada and Greenland
* Erigeron alpinus, native to Europe
* Erigeron borealis

Alpine pipit

A women's slalom event was held at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway as part of the alpine skiing programme. On 24 January, a decision was taken that Rødkleiva would hold the slalom events, but at that time there was only 10 inches (25 cm) of snow at the site and additional work lasting three days had to be done to ensure the hill would be usable for training and the races. However, the athletes had to shift their training to Norefjell by 9 February after more problems with the snow resulted in the hill "[looking] almost like a skating rink" according to the official report. It took a further week of work by the military, volunteers and hired help to spread 220,000 cubic feet (6,200 m3) of snow resulting in a new snow depth of around 12–16 inches (30–41 cm). The event eventually took place as scheduled on 20 February, a day after the men's slalom races. It was the final alpine skiing event of the Games. There were a total of 26 gates on the women's course. A total of 14 National Olympic Committees were represented at the event by 40 skiers. Andrea Mead Lawrence, representing the United States, and Dagmar Rom, representing Austria, were considered to be the favourites in the event. However, both skiers suffered falls on their first run, with Mead Lawrence placing fourth and Rom finishing last, effectively putting the latter out of contention. Mead Lawrence managed to post the best time of the second runs, enough to win the gold medal. It was her second gold medal in Oslo after her giant slalom victory. By winning the title, she became the first American skier to win two gold medals at the same Olympics. Ossi Reichert, who led the field after the first run, finished two seconds behind Mead Lawrence in the second run and ended up second overall. Reichert's teammate Annemarie Buchner won bronze.

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom

Alpine fir

Alpine false goldenaster

Alpine foxtail

Alpine folklore

Alpine regiments of the Roman auxilia

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held near Innsbruck, Austria, from January 30 to February 8, 1964. The men's downhill was held on Patscherkofel (above Igls), the other five events at Axamer Lizum. This was the first Olympics in which the finishing times were recorded in hundredths of a second, rather than tenths. It was the third and final Winter Olympics in which East and West Germany competed as the United Team of Germany. Mild weather led to a lack of snow, which was trucked in and packed down by the Austrian army.

The men's giant slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 29 January on Mount Faloria, outside Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. The course on the Ilio Colli run was 2.660 km (1.65 mi) in length, with a vertical drop of 623 metres (2,044 ft). There were 71 gates for the men to navigate on the course. Ninety-five men from twenty-nine countries entered the race though eight were disqualified. Austrian men swept the medals. Source:

The women's combined event was part of the alpine skiing program at the 1936 Winter Olympics. It was the debut of alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics, and was the only women's event. The competition consisted of a downhill race on Friday, 7 February and two slalom runs on Saturday, 8 February. Thirty-seven alpine skiers from 13 nations competed.

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics

Alpine shooting star

The men's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on the Col Druscié run on Tuesday, 31 January. The course length was 617 metres (2,024 ft) with a vertical drop of 251 m (823 ft); the first run had 79 gates and the second had 92 gates. Fifty-seven athletes finished both runs and 23 were disqualified during the first run, and eight during the second. Twenty-nine countries were represented and Toni Sailer of Austria won the second of his three gold medals at these Games. Chiharu Igaya won the silver (the only medal for of Japan at these Games) and Stig Sollander of Sweden took the bronze. U.S. head coach Robert Sheehan filed a protest that Igaya straddled a gate on the second run, a five-second penalty at the time. Although backed up by the Swedish coach, an infraction was not called and after hours of deliberation, Igaya was awarded the silver medal.

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics - Women's downhill

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Alpine rice-flower

Alpine grades

Alpine pearlwort

Alpine grade

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The alpine darner, Austroaeschna flavomaculata, is a species of dragonfly in the family Telephlebiidae,that is known to be present in the mountainous regions of New South Wales and Victoria, Australia. Although the male was first described in 1916, the female and larvae were not described until 1982. Austroaeschna flavomaculata is a very dark dragonfly with pale markings. It appears similar to the multi-spotted darner, Austroaeschna multipunctata, which is found in small mountain streams in south-eastern Australia.

Alpine pasture

The Men's downhill competition of the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria, was held at Patscherkofel on Thursday, 30 January. The defending world champion was Karl Schranz of Austria, and defending Olympic champion Jean Vuarnet of France had retired from competition. The race course had a number of casualties during training runs, including the death of Ross Milne of Australia. This led to a label of "Course of Fear." Zimmermann was favored by many to win the downhill and to the delight of the Austrian fans he won by 0.74 seconds. The starting gate was at an elevation of 1,952 m (6,404 ft), and the vertical drop was 867 m (2,844 ft). The course length was 3.120 km (1.939 mi) and Zimmerman's winning run resulted in an average speed of 81.297 km/h (50.52 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 6.275 m/s (20.59 ft/s). Following the victory, Zimmerman was featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated in the United States. A dozen years later in 1976, Franz Klammer raced on a slightly shorter course (by 100 metres (110 yards)) and shaved more than 32 seconds off of Zimmerman's time to famously win the Olympic downhill.

Alpine paganism

Alpine delphinium

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse. The defending world champion was Marielle Goitschel of France, while Canada's Nancy Greene was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, who also led the 1968 World Cup, along with Switzerland's Fernande Bochatay.

The Men's giant slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse. The defending world champion was Guy Perillat of France, while France's Jean-Claude Killy was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, who also led the 1968 World Cup, along with Switzerland's Edmund Bruggmann.

Alpine robin

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics

Alpine combined

The women's alpine skiing giant slalom event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event at the Olympics. The competition was held on Thursday, 14 February 1952 at Norefjell ski area and started at 1 p.m.. Forty-five alpine skiers from 15 nations competed.

Alpine rock-cress

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics - Men's slalom

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics - Men's downhill

Alpine flatsedge

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics - Men's slalom

Alpine pasque flower

Alpine hawkweed

Alpine galaxias

The women's downhill event at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 1 February on Mt. Tofana. The course was 1.552 kilometres (0.96 miles) in length with a vertical drop of 502 metres (1,647 ft) and twenty control gates. The Swiss took the top two spots; Madeleine Berthod won the gold and Frieda Dänzer took the silver, and Lucile Wheeler of Canada won the bronze. Forty-four women from sixteen countries finished the race. Source:

Alpine flora

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics - Women's slalom

The men's alpine skiing downhill was the first of six events of the alpine skiing programme at the 1952 Winter Olympics. It was held at Norefjell ski area on Saturday, 16 February 1952, and started at 1 p.m.. Defending world champion Zeno Colò won the gold, the only Olympic medal of his career. He was fourth in the other two events. It was the second Olympic downhill race, which was first run as a separate event in 1948. Eighty-one alpine skiers from 27 nations competed.

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics - Men's downhill

Alpine lake (disambiguation)

The Women's giant slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum, Austria. The defending world champion was Marianne Jahn of Austria. French sisters Christine Goitschel (gold) and Marielle Goitschel (silver) became the first sisters to win Olympic gold and silver in the same event. They would repeat the double-sibling podium, switching their gold-silver order, in the giant slalom two days later.

Alpine skiing World Cup women

Alpine route

Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics - Men's combined

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom

Alpine marsh-marigold

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics - Women's slalom

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Alpine honeysuckle

The Alpine orogeny or Alpide orogeny is an orogenic phase in the Late Mesozoic (Eoalpine) and the current Cenozoic that has formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt. These mountains include (from west to east) the Atlas, the Rif, the Baetic Cordillera, the Cantabrian Mountains, the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Apennine Mountains, the Dinaric Alps, the Hellenides, the Carpathians, the Balkan Mountains and the Rila-Rhodope massif, the Taurus, the Armenian Highlands, the Caucasus, the Alborz, the Zagros, the Hindu Kush, the Pamir, the Karakoram, and the Himalayas. Sometimes other names occur to describe the formation of separate mountain ranges: for example for the Carpathians, Hellenic orogeny for the Hellenides or the Himalayan orogeny for the Himalayas.

The Alpine grizzled skipper (Pyrgus andromedae) is a species of skipper (family Hesperiidae). This species is found up to fairly high altitudes in the Alps and Pyrenees and also at lower elevations in northern Scandinavia, where its range extends well into the Arctic Circle. It prefers damp habitats and is often found near to water.

Alpine orites

The alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris) is a newt of the salamander order Caudata (or Urodela) in the class of amphibians.It was formerly known as Triturus alpestris and Mesotriton alpestris.

Alpine prickly currant

Alpine groundsel

Alpine rose

Alpine gooseberry

The men's alpine skiing slalom event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition consisted of was held on Thursday, February 5, 1948. Seventy-seven alpine skiers from 22 nations competed.

Alpine fault

Alpine skiing (sport)

Alpine sea holly

Alpine sedge-skipper

Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics - Men's downhill

Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics - Men's giant slalom

The Alpine regiments of the Roman army were those auxiliary units of the army that were originally raised in the Alpine provinces of the Roman Empire: Tres Alpes, Raetia and Noricum. All these regions were inhabited by predominantly Celtic-speaking tribes. They were annexed, or at least occupied, by the emperor Augustus' forces during the period 25–14 BC. The term "Alpine" is used geographically in this context and does not necessarily imply that the regiments in question were specialised in mountain warfare. However, in the Julio-Claudian period (27 BC - AD 68), when the regiments were still largely composed of Alpine recruits, it is likely that they were especially adept at mountain operations.

Alpine fan-flower

Alpine skiing World Championship

Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

Alpine ski racing

Alpine rockcress

The women's downhill event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics program, and was the second appearance of the event. The competition was held at Norefjell Ski Resort near Krødsherad, Norway, on Sunday, 17 February, and started at 1 p.m. Forty-two alpine skiers from 13 nations competed.

Alpine jewelflower

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics - Women's slalom

Alpine ski world championships

Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held 9–17 February at Chamrousse, southeast of Grenoble, France.Jean-Claude Killy of France won all three men's events, repeating Toni Sailer's triple-gold of 1956. Since Killy's feat, no male alpine ski racer has won three gold medals in a single Olympics. (Janica Kostelic later won three gold medals in the 2002 Winter Olympics). This was the first Olympics with a two-run men's giant slalom, with one run per day. The women's giant slalom was one run until 1980.

The men's slalom at the 1952 Winter Olympics was held on Tuesday 19 February at Rødkleiva ski run. The course was very difficult to maintain as the weather was not favorable. The men's course had 52 gates. Since the men's race was scheduled the day before the women's, and there was concern about the condition of the hill, the number of racers was reduced after the first run in compliance with international rules. Twenty-nine athletes finished both runs. Four athletes were disqualified after the first run. Austrian Othmar Schneider won his second Olympic medal, this time gold, after he took the silver in the downhill competition. Norwegians Stein Eriksen and Guttorm Berge placed second and third respectively.
Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

Women's Giant Slalom

Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics

Alpine mountainsorrel

Alpine gentian is a common name for several plants in the genus Gentiana and may refer to:
* Gentiana newberryi, native to western North America
* Gentiana nivalis, native to Europe and northeastern North America

At the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland, the six alpine skiing events were held on Piz Nair from Monday, 2 February to Thursday, 5 February 1948. After these games, the giant slalom was added and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988. From 1956 through 1980, the combined continued as an FIS medal event for the concurrent World Championships, using the results from three events, conducted as a "paper race." The first Olympics after World War II did not invite Germany or Japan.

Alpine hat

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

Alpine lady's mantle

Alpine false candytuft

Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics - Men's slalom

Alpine saxifrage (disambiguation)

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics - Women's slalom

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics - Women's giant slalom

At the 1936 Winter Olympics at Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, alpine skiing was arranged for the first time in the Olympics, a combined event for men and women. Both downhills were run on Kreuzjoch on Friday, 7 February, with the women at 11:00 and the men at noon. The two-run slalom races were run on the weekend at Gudiberg with the women's event on Saturday and the men's on Sunday.

At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, 14 February, to Wednesday, 20 February. The downhill and giant slalom events were held at Norefjell in Krødsherad, Buskerud, and the slalom events at Rødkleiva in Oslo. The giant slalom made its Olympic debut, and the combined event was dropped as an Olympic medal event for four decades, until 1988. It returned as a medal event at the World Championships two years later in 1954, and for the concurrent World Championships in Olympic years from 1956 through 1980. For fourteen World Championships (1954–1980), the combined was a "paper race," using the results from the three events (and required the completion of each).

Alpine marsh violet

Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

Alpine fell-field

Alpine mouse-ear

Alpine folding

Alpine pine vole

Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics - Women's downhill

Alpine Pearls is a cooperation which has been established in 2006 and formed of 23 tourism municipalities in five alpine countries. The tourism association’s objective is to support and promote Soft Mobility: that is offering the possibility for guests to arrive without a car at the holiday destination and to have easy access to public transportation on site as well as numerous offers of environmentally friendly holiday programmes. The cooperation’s members fulfill strict quality criteria like town centers with reduced traffic, transfer services, environmentally friendly leisure time facilities, the guarantee of mobility without car and ecological minimum standards. The individual member municipalities (referred to as Pearls) benefit from the exchange of experiences among each other.

Alpine region

Alpine pepper

Alpine pearls

Alpine mastiff

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics - Men's giant slalom

Alpine milk-vetch

Alpine flora (disambiguation)

Alpine geology

The Alpine regiments of the Roman army were those auxiliary units of the army that were originally raised in the Alpine provinces of the Roman Empire: Tres Alpes, Raetia and Noricum. All these regions were inhabited by predominantly Celtic-speaking tribes. They were annexed, or at least occupied, by the emperor Augustus' forces during the period 25–14 BC. The term "Alpine" is used geographically in this context and does not necessarily imply that the regiments in question were specialised in mountain warfare. However, in the Julio-Claudian period (27 BC - AD 68), when the regiments were still largely composed of Alpine recruits, it is likely that they were especially adept at mountain operations. As would be expected from mountain people, the Alpine provinces predominantly supplied infantry; only one Alpine cavalry ala is recorded. About 26 Alpine regiments were raised in the Julio-Claudian period, the great majority under Augustus or his successor Tiberius (i.e. before AD 37). Of these, 6 regiments disappeared, either destroyed in action or disbanded, by AD 68. A further 2 regiments were raised by Vespasian (ruled 69–96). These and the 20 surviving Julio-Claudian units are recorded at least until the mid 2nd century, but by that time only around a quarter were still based in the Alpine provinces or in neighbouring Germania Superior (Upper Rhine area). The rest were scattered all over the empire and would probably have long since lost their ethnic Alpine identity through local recruitment.

The Alpine is a medium to large sized breed of domestic goat known for its very good milking ability. They have no set colours or markings (although certain markings are discriminated against). They have horns, a straight profile and erect ears.

Alpine saxifrage

The Alpine is a medium to large sized breed of domestic goat known for its very good milking ability. They have no set colours or markings (although certain markings are discriminated against). They have horns, a straight profile and erect ears. The breed originated in the French Alps. Mature does weigh around 61 kg (135 lbs), and are about 76 cm (30 in) tall at the shoulder. Alpine goats can range from white or gray to brown and black. Alpine goats are heavy milkers. The milk can be made into butter, cheese, soap, ice cream or any other dairy product normally made from cow's milk. They are often used for commercial dairy production, as well as homestead milk goats.

The Alpine musk deer (Moschus chrysogaster) is a musk deer species native to the eastern Himalayas in Nepal, Bhutan and India to the highlands of Tibet. The Alpine musk deer recorded in the Himalayan foothills is now considered a separate species, the Himalayan musk deer. It is the state animal of Uttarakhand.

The women's giant slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 27 January in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. It was run on the Canalone run on Mount Tofana. The course was 1,366 metres (4,482 ft) long with a 408 metres (1,339 ft) vertical drop. There were 46 gates that the women had to navigate. Forty-four women from sixteen countries competed. German skier Ossi Reichert won the event while Austrians won silver and bronze.

Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics - Women's slalom

Alpine forget-me-not is a common name for several plants in the Boraginaceae (forget-me-not) family and may refer to:
* Eritrichium, a genus with 71 species;
* Myosotis alpestris, circumpolar arctic and montane distribution.Plants named Alpine forget-me-not
* Arctic alpine forget-me-not, Eritrichium nanum, France
* , Japan
* Myosotis alpestris, Russia

Alpine serpentweed

At the 1956 Winter Olympics in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, the six alpine skiing events were held from Friday, 27 January to Friday, 3 February. Toni Sailer of Austria won all three men's events to become the first alpine ski racer to win three gold medals in a single Olympics. The feat has been repeated once, by Jean-Claude Killy in 1968. The races were held at the adjacent Tofana, except for the men's giant slalom, which was held at Monte Faloria. The men's downhill was the final event.

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics - Ladies' slalom

Alpine ski World Championships

Alpine passes

The men's combined event was part of the alpine skiing programme at the 1936 Winter Olympics. It was the debut of alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics, and was the only men's event. The competition consisted of a downhill race on Friday, 7 February and two slalom heats on Sunday, 9 February. Sixty-six alpine skiers from 21 nations competed. Notably absent were Austria and Switzerland.

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics - Women's downhill

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics - Women's slalom

Alpine rock-jasmine

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's giant slalom

Alpine podolepis

Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held 9–17 February at Chamrousse, southeast of Grenoble, France.Jean-Claude Killy of France won all three men's events, repeating Toni Sailer's triple-gold of 1956. Since Killy's feat, no male alpine ski racer has won three gold medals in a single Olympics. (Janica Kostelic later won three gold medals in the 2002 Winter Olympics). This was the first Olympics with a two-run men's giant slalom, with one run per day. The women's giant slalom was one run until 1980. For the only time, the results from Olympic races were included in the World Cup standings, then in its second season. Following the 1970 season, Olympic and World Championship results were not included in the World Cup points standings.

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The Men's giant slalom competition of the Squaw Valley 1960 Olympics was held at Squaw Valley. The defending world champion was Toni Sailer of Austria.

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics - Men's downhill

Alpine grayling

Alpine greenhood

Alpine ironman

A women's slalom event was held at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway as part of the alpine skiing programme. On 24 January, a decision was taken that Rødkleiva would hold the slalom events, but at that time there was only 10 inches (25 cm) of snow at the site and additional work lasting three days had to be done to ensure the hill would be usable for training and the races. However, the athletes had to shift their training to Norefjell by 9 February after more problems with the snow resulted in the hill "[looking] almost like a skating rink" according to the official report. It took a further week of work by the military, volunteers and hired help to spread 220,000 cubic feet (6,200 m3) of snow resulting in a new snow depth of around 12–16 inches (30–41 cm).

The Men's slalom competition of the Innsbruck 1964 Olympics was held at Axamer Lizum. The defending world champion was Charles Bozon of France.

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics - Men's downhill

The alpine river galaxias (Galaxias paucispondylus) is a galaxiid of the genus Galaxias, found only in mid to high altitude streams flowing from the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It grows to a length of up to 11 cm. Alpine galaxias are speckled olive-green over a light brown base. The single large dorsal fin is rounded, and set back two thirds of the body length, the anal fin a little further back. The caudal fin is large and slightly forked. Like all galaxiids it lacks scales and has a thick, leathery skin covered with mucus. They are non-diadromous and therefore do not have a marine phase and are not part of the whitebait catch.

The women's slalom at the 1956 Winter Olympics was held on 30 January. It was run on the Col Druscie. The course was 456 metres (1,496 ft) in length with a 175 m (574 ft) vertical drop. There were forty-one gates on the first run and forty-five gates for the second run. Forty-eight women from sixteen countries entered in the race. Twelve women were disqualified during the two runs. Swiss skier Renée Colliard won gold over Austrian Regina Schöpf, who placed second, and Russian Yevgeniya Sidorova who won the bronze.

Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Women's combined

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

Men's Combined

Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics – Men's combined

Alpine four-thousanders

Alpine pennycress

The Men's slalom competition of the Squaw Valley 1960 Olympics was held at Squaw Valley. The defending world champion was Josl Rieder of Austria. During the event, race officials asked CBS if they could review videotape of the race because of a controversy about one skier who was alleged to have missed a gate. This gave CBS producers the idea to invent instant replay.

Alpine flying center Lesce Bled

The Men's downhill competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics was held at Squaw Valley. The race was postponed from February 19 because of heavy snow fall. The race was run on Squaw Peak, with a starting elevation of 2,707 m (8,881 ft) above sea level; the course length was 3.095 km (1.923 mi), with a vertical drop of 758 m (2,487 ft). The defending world champion was Toni Sailer of Austria, who did not compete (retired). Jean Vuarnet, the bronze medalist at the world championships two years earlier, won by a half-second in the only Olympic event of his career. It was the first time an Olympic race was won on metal skis.

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics - Ladies' giant slalom

Alpine grevillea

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics - Women's giant slalom

Alpine regiments of the Roman army

Alpine oatgrass

Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics - Men's downhill

Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics - Women's combined

Alpine saxifrage is a common name for several different plants and may refer to:
* In Eurasia, it usually means Micranthes nivalis (Snow saxifrage)
* In North America, it usually means Micranthes nidifica (Peak saxifrage)
* One of the common names of Saxifraga paniculata is alpine saxifrage
* Alpine saxifrage is a common name for Saxifraga gaspensis

Alpine rock jasmine

Alpine skier

An alpine route is a trail or climbing route through difficult terrain in high mountains such as the Alps, sometimes with no obvious path. In the Alps, the Alpine clubs define and mark an Alpine Route, also called Alpinweg or Alpinwanderweg (Alpine hiking trail). More generally, the term is used for routes of crossing the Alps, such as Roman crossings and Napoleon crossing the Alps. It is also used to describe routes (trails, roads and railroads) in other mountains with alpine conditions.

Alpine penstemon

Alpine rusty-pods

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Ladies' giant slalom

Alpine lady-fern

Alpine leek

Alpine grassgrub

The alpine pine vole (Microtus multiplex) is a species of rodent in the family Cricetidae.It is found in Austria, France, Italy, Serbia and Montenegro, and Switzerland.

Alpine grizzled skipper

Alpine flat-sedge

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

Alpine plants

Alpine rolling road

Alpine phebalium

Alpine pussytoe

The women's alpine skiing downhill event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event. The competition was held on Monday, February 2, 1948. Thirty-seven alpine skiers from eleven nations competed.

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics - Men's downhill

Alpine pondweed

Alpine country

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics - Men's slalom

Alpine gardens

Alpine meadow

Alpine rockjasmine

Alpine pasqueflower

Women's Downhill

Alpine glaciers

Alpine leaf warbler

Alpine pennycress is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
* Noccaea montana, native to western North America
* Thlaspi caerulescens, native to Europe

Alpine reedgrass

Alpine meadow-grass

Alpine feverfew

Alpine redspot

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics - Women's combined

The Women's downhill competition of the Squaw Valley 1960 Olympics was held at Squaw Valley. The defending world champion was Lucille Wheeler of Canada.

Alpine language

Alpine musk deer

The men's alpine skiing downhill event of the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was held on Friday, 3 February, at 11:00 a.m.. The starting elevation on the Olimpia - Tofana run was 2,282 m (7,487 ft) above sea level and the course length was 3.461 kilometres (2.151 miles), with a vertical drop of 902 m (2,959 ft) and just 15 control gates. It was the final alpine event of the games and the third straight victory for Toni Sailer of Austria. His average speed was 72.355 km/h (44.96 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 5.238 m/s (17.19 ft/s). It was the third appearance of the downhill event at the Winter Games, which debuted in 1948. Seventy-five alpine skiers from 27 nations competed.

Alpine meadow-rue

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Ladies' slalom

Alpine penstemon is a common name for several plants and may refer to:
* Penstemon davidsonii
* Penstemon venustus
* , var. alpinus

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

Alpine laburnum

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Women's combined

Alpine skiing World Cup

Alpine skiing World Cup men

Alpine nerved sedge

Alpine sandwort

Alpine huts

Alpine darner

Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Women's giant slalom

The Women's giant slalom competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics was held at Squaw Valley on Tuesday, February 23. The defending world champion was Lucile Wheeler of Canada,who had retired from international competition. Yvonne Rüegg of Switzerland edged Penny Pitou of the United States by a tenth of a second, the smallest margin at the time.

Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics - Women's giant slalom

Alpine gypsophila

Alpine skiing World Cup Women

Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics - Men's giant slalom

Alpine dock

Alpine punk music

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill

The Men's downhill competition of the 1964 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria, was held at Patscherkofel on Thursday, 30 January. The defending world champion was Karl Schranz of Austria, and defending Olympic champion Jean Vuarnet of France had retired from competition. The race course had a number of casualties during training runs, including the death of Ross Milne of Australia. This led to a label of "Course of Fear." Zimmermann was favored by many to win the downhill and to the delight of the Austrian fans he won by 0.74 seconds.

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics - Men's slalom

At the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo, Norway, the six alpine skiing events were held from Thursday, 14 February, to Wednesday, 20 February. The downhill and giant slalom events were held at Norefjell in Krødsherad, Buskerud, and the slalom events at Rødkleiva in Oslo.

Alpine foothills (disambiguation)

Alpine goldenaster

The Men's slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse. The defending world champion was Carlo Senoner of Italy, while France's Jean-Claude Killy was the defending World Cup slalom champion and Switzerland's Dumeng Giovanoli was the leader of the 1968 World Cup.

Alpine sheep sorrel

Alpine nations

Alpine meadows

Alpine gentian

The men's alpine skiing giant slalom event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics programme. It was the first appearance of the event at the Olympics. The competition was held on Friday, 15 February 1952 at Norefjell ski area and started at 1 p.m.. Eighty-three alpine skiers from 26 nations competed.

The women's alpine skiing combined event was part of the alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. It was the second appearance of the event. The competition consisted of a downhill race held on Monday, February 2, 1948, and two slalom heats held on Wednesday, February 4, 1948. Twenty-eight alpine skiers from ten nations competed.

The Men's downhill competition of the 1960 Winter Olympics was held at Squaw Valley. The race was postponed from February 19 because of heavy snow fall. The race was run on Squaw Peak, with a starting elevation of 2,707 m (8,881 ft) above sea level; the course length was 3.095 km (1.923 mi), with a vertical drop of 758 m (2,487 ft). The defending world champion was Toni Sailer of Austria, who did not compete (retired).

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom

Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Alpine orogeny

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Men's slalom

Alpine regiment

The alpine river galaxias (Galaxias paucispondylus) is a galaxiid of the genus Galaxias, found only in mid to high altitude streams flowing from the Southern Alps of New Zealand. It grows to a length of up to 11 cm. Alpine galaxias are speckled olive-green over a light brown base. The single large dorsal fin is rounded, and set back two thirds of the body length, the anal fin a little further back. The caudal fin is large and slightly forked. Like all galaxiids it lacks scales and has a thick, leathery skin covered with mucus.

Alpine grey

Alpine forget-me-not

Alpine ski racer

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics - Ladies' downhill

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics - Women's downhill

Alpine flatwing

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics - Women's giant slalom

The Alpine orogeny or Alpide orogeny is an orogenic phase in the Late Mesozoic (Eoalpine) and the current Cenozoic that has formed the mountain ranges of the Alpide belt. These mountains include (from west to east) the Atlas, the Rif, the Baetic Cordillera, the Cantabrian Mountains, the Pyrenees, the Alps, the Apennine Mountains, the Dinaric Alps, the Hellenides, the Carpathians, the Balkan Mountains and the Rila-Rhodope massif, the Taurus, the Armenian Highlands, the Caucasus, the Alborz, the Zagros, the Hindu Kush, the Pamir, the Karakoram, and the Himalayas. Sometimes other names occur to describe the formation of separate mountain ranges: for example for the Carpathians, Hellenic orogeny for the Hellenides or the Himalayan orogeny for the Himalayas. The Alpine orogeny has also led to the formation of more distant and smaller geological features such as the Weald–Artois Anticline in southern England and northern France, the remains of which can be seen in the chalk ridges of the North and South Downs in southern England. Its effects are particularly visible on the Isle of Wight, where the Chalk Group and overlying Eocene strata are folded to near-vertical, as seen in exposures at Alum Bay and Whitecliff Bay, and on the Dorset coast near Lulworth Cove. Stresses arising from the Alpine orogeny caused the Cenozoic uplift of the Sudetes mountain range and possibly faulted rocks as far away as Öland in southern Sweden during the Paleocene. The Alpine orogeny is caused by the continents Africa and India and the small Cimmerian plate colliding (from the south) with Eurasia in the north. Convergent movements between the tectonic plates (the Indian plate and the African plate from the south, the Eurasian plate from the north, and many smaller plates and microplates) had already begun in the early Cretaceous, but the major phases of mountain building began in the Paleocene to Eocene. The process continues currently in some of the Alpide mountain ranges. The Alpine orogeny is considered one of the three major phases of orogeny in Europe that define the geology of that continent, along with the Caledonian orogeny that formed the Old Red Sandstone Continent when the continents Baltica and Laurentia collided in the early Paleozoic, and the Hercynian or Variscan orogeny that formed Pangaea when Gondwana and the Old Red Sandstone Continent collided in the middle to late Paleozoic.

Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics

Alpine mythology

Alpine hare

Alpine ski world championship

Alpine lynx

Alpine ski village

Alpine marshwort

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics - Women's downhill

Alpine munia

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics - Men's slalom

Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Ladies' downhill

Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics – Women's slalom

Alpine regiments of the roman army

Alpine permafrost

Alpine shootingstar

Alpine glacier

Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics – Women's downhill