This story appears in the December 2014 issue of National Geographic magazine. The hunting party slowly glides into the Altay Mountains in search of elk. It is dead calm, minus 38°F. Just as ...

Photo: Courtesy of the Altay Museum of the Origin of Human Skiing. The Altay Prefecture, located in the northern part of the ...

URUMQI, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- The second edition of Winter Games Around Altai Mountains kicked off on Sunday in Altay City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. The four-day event ...

MOSCOW, May 8. /TASS/. /TASS/. A tourist group consisting of nine people got into an avalanche in the Altai mountains on May 6, seven people died, while two tourists survived, the press service of ...

Games Around the Altai Mountains which ended Tuesday in Altay City northwest China Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region highlighted the grow ...

URUMQI, Jan. 14 (Xinhua) -- The Winter Games Around the Altai Mountains, which ended Tuesday in Altay City, northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, highlighted the growing bonds ...