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Marco Huser and Claudia Haesurmann win Snowboardcross, Barbara Sponsale and Andreas Prommegger win the Giant Slalom of the first stage of the Tour della Gazzetta Snowboard Classic.

Finally the news many have been waiting for: it's snowing! And numerous lifts throughout the Alps have already opened, 10 days earlier than usual.

Applications for the Arctic Team Challenge 2003 start on 15 November.

The 52 year old Erri De Luca climbs "Viaggio = infinito", 8b+ at the Grotta dell'Arenauta at Sperlonga

Josune Bereciartu continues to climb some of the hardest routes around. Her latest ascents include "Ocho Anos De Sexo" 8b+/8c at Subijana, Spain and "Spécialistes Direct" 8c in the Verdon, France.

Alexandre Chabot and Sandrine Levet win the Rock Master 2002

The Alpine SkyRaid came to a close last weekend after an intensive eight days across the Alps from Courmayeur to Cortina.

Manaslu success for Corono, Makalu final stages for Mondinelli

In April Massimo Farina and Patrick Gabarrou opened "Ice for good" and "Fantastica", two new mixed routes on the Aiguille du Tacul, Grandes Jorasses. Together with Ezio Marlier Gabarrou then climbed "Poisson d'Avril" on the Seracco del Col des Hirondelles.

A recent phone call home by Diego Fregona brings fresh news about the Italian-Polish Makalu expedition, led by Himalayan veteran Piotr Pustelnik (ten 8000m peaks).

Alpine SkyRaid 465 km race from Courmayeur to Cortina

Chamonix - Zermatt, from France to Switzerland across one of the most fascinating Haute Route ski mountaineering traverses in the Alps, by Italian Mountain Guide Nicolò Berzi.

The hardest and most spectacular ski mountaineering competition in Europe, the 17th Pierra Menta, was won by Boscacci & Murada

Luca Negroni, Luciano Fontano, Gloriana Pellissier and Alexia Zuberer win the 19th Transacavallo

Christoph von Toggenburg from Switzerland has finally set off on his “Bike for help” to travel from India to Switzerland by mountain bike.

Alippi and Sturman redpoint Invidia, Positron and Tolk is chep, all 8c