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Alpine A110
The Alpine A110 is a two-seater sports car made by the French brand Alpine that won the Monte Carlo Rally in 1971 and 1973 and revived the brand in 2017.
Alpine A110 (2017)
The Alpine A110 is a rear mid-engine, rear-wheel-drive French sports coupe built at Dieppe from 2017 to mid-2026, reviving the Alpine brand with 28,701 cars made.
Alpine A390
The Alpine A390 is a five-seat, 100% electric sport fastback from Alpine, the French sports car brand of the Renault Group, and its first model with three motors and all-wheel drive.
Alpine A525
The Alpine A525 is a Formula One racing car built by BWT Alpine for the 2025 season, powered by a Renault engine and raced by Pierre Gasly, Jack Doohan, and Franco Colapinto.
Alpine A526
The Alpine A526 is a Formula 1 racing car built by BWT Alpine for the 2026 season, the team's first powered by Mercedes-AMG instead of works Renault.
Alpine climate
Alpine climate, also called mountain or highland climate, is the climate above the tree line: low temperatures, a short growing season, and precipitation falling largely as snow.
Alpine club
An alpine club is a voluntary association of mountaineers that organizes climbs, builds huts, publishes journals, and supports rescue, a model begun by the Alpine Club in London in 1857.
Alpine divorce
Alpine divorce is an informal term for abandoning a partner on a hike or mountain trip, from Robert Barr's 1893 story "An Alpine Divorce"; it went viral in 2026 after the Grossglockner manslaughter conviction of Thomas Plamberger.
Alpine F1 Team
Alpine F1 Team (BWT Alpine F1 Team), Renault Group's Formula One constructor at Enstone, rebranded from Renault in 2021; one win (Ocon, Hungary 2021), best finish 4th in 2022, Mercedes engines from 2026.
Alpine Fault
The Alpine Fault is a major geological fault running about 600 km along the Southern Alps on New Zealand's South Island, forming the on-land boundary between the Pacific and Australian tectonic plates.
Alpine Fire
Alpine Fire (Höhenfeuer) is a 1985 Swiss drama by Fredi M. Murer about an isolated Alpine farm family and an incestuous relationship between a deaf brother and his sister; it won the 1985 Locarno Golden Leopard.
Alpine Flower Garden
Alpine flower garden, or alpine botanical garden, a high-elevation garden cultivating alpine plants; examples include Schynige Platte (1927, ~800 Swiss alpine species at 1,967 m), Juliana (1926), Schachen, Kitzbüheler Horn, and Betty Ford.
Alpine ibex
Alpine ibex (Capra ibex, bouquetin, stambecco), a wild goat of the European Alps that survived near extinction in Gran Paradiso, Italy, and was reintroduced across the Alps, now numbering about 55,000.
Alpine Immune Sciences
Alpine Immune Sciences was a Seattle-based clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing protein immunotherapies for autoimmune and inflammatory diseases, acquired by Vertex Pharmaceuticals in May 2024 for about $4.9 billion.
Alpine Investors Iceman Cv
Alpine Investors Iceman CV-A, LP is a Delaware continuation vehicle formed in 2023 that raised $2.6 billion to continue Alpine Investors' ownership of Apex Service Partners.
Alpine Linux
Alpine Linux is an independent, non-commercial Linux distribution designed for security, simplicity, and small size, created by Natanael Copa in 2005 and commonly used as a container base.
Alpine National Park
Alpine National Park: national park in eastern Victoria, Australia, managed by Parks Victoria, stretching from Gippsland to the NSW border adjoining Kosciuszko. Contains Mt Bogong, Victoria's highest peak; part of the 2008 Australian Alps National Heritage listing.
Alpine newt
Alpine newt (Ichthyosaura alpestris, formerly Triturus/Mesotriton alpestris) is a European newt from France to Ukraine and the Balkans; IUCN Least Concern but decreasing, with paedomorphic mountain-lake populations and five proposed cryptic species.
Alpine orogeny
The Alpine orogeny is the Mesozoic to Cenozoic mountain-building event that formed the Alps as the African and Eurasian plates converged and the Adriatic microplate collided with Europe.
Alpine race
The Alpine race was a supposed brachycephalic European race in Ripley's 1899 Nordic-Alpine-Mediterranean taxonomy, used in scientific racism and immigration policy, and abandoned by modern anthropology.
Alpine School District
Alpine School District (ASD), headquartered in American Fork, Utah, is Utah's largest public school district with about 85,000 students. Founded 1915, it serves northern Utah County and splits into Aspen Peaks, Lake Mountain, and Timpanogos districts on July 1, 2027.
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing, or ski racing, is a timed winter sport on downhill courses with four disciplines (downhill, super-G, giant slalom, slalom), governed by FIS since 1924, with Olympic debut 1936 and World Cup since 1967.
Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1936 Winter Olympics, Garmisch-Partenkirchen: Olympic debut of the sport with men's and women's combined (downhill plus slalom) only; Germany's Franz Pfnür and Christl Cranz won gold amid a ski-instructor amateurism dispute.
Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1948 Winter Olympics, St. Moritz, 2–5 February 1948: six events (downhill, slalom, combined, men, and women), 166 competitors from 25 nations; Henri Oreiller won two golds.
Alpine skiing at the 1952 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1952 Oslo Winter Olympics: six events (downhill, giant slalom, slalom for men and women), 14–20 February, at Norefjell and Rødkleiva; combined dropped, giant slalom added; Austria led with seven medals.
Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics: six events (downhill, giant slalom, slalom, men, and women) at Cortina d'Ampezzo, 27 January to 3 February 1956, where Austria's Toni Sailer swept all three men's golds.
Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1960 Winter Olympics, Squaw Valley, California: six events, 20–26 February 1960, 133 skiers from 22 nations; Vuarnet won the postponed men's downhill, Switzerland led with two golds.
Alpine skiing at the 1964 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at Innsbruck 1964: six events (downhill, giant slalom, slalom, men, and women) at Axamer Lizum and Patscherkofel; first hundredth-second timing; Austria won four golds; Milne died in downhill training.
Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Olympics: six events at Chamrousse, 9–17 February 1968. Jean-Claude Killy swept all three men's titles amid the Karl Schranz slalom disqualification controversy; France led the medal table.
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Winter Olympics
Alpine skiing at the 1972 Sapporo Winter Olympics: six events on Mount Eniwa and Mount Teine, 5–13 February 1972. Karl Schranz was banned 28–14; Russi, Nadig, Thoeni, and Fernández Ochoa won gold.