Alpine story turned out to have character (11)
I believe the answer is:
personality
'character' is the definition.
(I know that personality is a type of character)
'alpine story turned out' is the wordplay.
'turned out' indicates anagramming the letters (turn out can mean to organise).
'alpine'+'story'='alpinestory'
'alpinestory' with letters rearranged gives 'PERSONALITY'.
'to have' is the link.
(Other definitions for personality that I've seen before include "Individual disposition" , "(Distinctness of) character" , "Distinctive character" , "Individual character" , "Celebrity" .)