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French alpinists Samuel Equy and Mathéo Jacquemoud have set a new Chamonix - Mont Blanc round trip record, stopping the clock after 4 hours 41 minutes. In doing so they beat the previous Fastest Known Time by 2 minutes, set by William Boffelli in June 2025.

The Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival (UMFF) has announced Bernadette McDonald as the recipient of the 2026 Ulsan Ulju Mountain Culture Award. McDonald is an acclaimed author and researcher whose decades-long work in mountain literature and cinema has advanced global mountain culture. The 11th Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival will...

The anticipation is building for this year's Melloblocco, scheduled from 6 to 9 May 2026 in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy. .With just two weeks to go, organisers have now released the program for thebiggest bouldering and climbing meeting in the world.

The report by mountain guide Giancarlo Maritano of a short ski touring trip in Norway, not to the more famous Lofoten Islands and the Tromsø area, but to the Nordland county. Based in Narvik, the group skied the peaks of Rivtind (1452m), Storfjellet (1633m), Nevertind (1420m) and Spanstinden (1457m), discovering...

The classic Patrouille des Glaciers ski mountaineering competition took place in the Swiss Alps from April 13th–19th and was won by the French teams comprised of Axelle Gachet Mollaret, Margot Ravinel and Célia Perrillat Pessy, and Xavier Gachet, Samuel Equy, and William Bon Mardion. Organised by the Swiss Army, the...

From 3 to 6 April 2026, French alpinists Pierre Girot, Kilian Moni, Hugo Peruzzo and Arthur Poindefert established 'Jorassique Pâques' on the Grandes Jorasses in the Mont Blanc massif. Graded ED+ M7 A3, the 1100-metre route climbs to Pointe Whymper on the north face. Poindefert reports.

The steep walls of Osp in Slovenia will host the Janez Jeglič – Johan Memorial competition, in memory of the famous Slovenian mountaineer who perished on Nupste in 1997. Scheduled from 7- 9 May 2026, the event is accepting applications from international climbers

World Climbing has confirmed that the 2026 season will feature the richest prize purse in the history of the sport, with a total net prize money allocation of €850,000 across the 13 events of the World Climbing Series. The gross total is set to exceed €1 million, marking a significant...

The Municipality of Kalymnos has temporarily for maintenance and rebolting 10 crags on the Greek island.

Marie Pollet-Villard and Laurie Renoton from France have set the new female fastest known time on the famous Haute Route Chamonix Zermatt, requiring just 20:30 hours for the circa 100km traverse. The previous best was set by Valentine Fabre and Hillary Gerardi just three days earlier.

On 8 April 2026, on the northwest face of Punte di Campiglio in the Brenta Dolomites, Emanuele Andreozzi, Ruggero Samaden and Silvestro Franchini established the mixed route 'Mamma Anna' (300m, WI5, M6). Franchini reports.

French climber Laura Pineau reports on her latest adventure: climbing 100 multi-pitch routes in Provence in under 50 days with Elsa Ponzo. Calanques, Verdon, Dentelles de Montmirail, Cap Canaille, Destel, Sainte-Victoire... 100 climbs, 681 pitches and a total of 17,765 vertical meters in 43 days.

French climber Sébastien Bouin has made the first ascent of 'Le Champ des Muses' (9b) at Romeyer in France.

On 2 April 2026 Austrian climber Nicolai Užnik has made the first ascent of 'Bügelbrett' in Maltatal, Austria. The boulder problem adds 7 moves into 'Bügeleisen' and has been graded 8C+.

On the 3rd and 4th of April 2026 Fay Manners and Ella Wright made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'La Muse du Trient' on the NNE face of Tête de Biselx in the Mont Blanc massif.

On Wednesday 8 April 2026 the La Sportiva Climb World Tour 2026 kicks off at the BSide Climbing Gym in Turin. It will be followed by stops in Paris, Brussels, Stockholm, Munich, and Vienna, as well as outdoor legs in Arco, Céüse, Freyr, Bohuslän, Zillertal, and Frankenjura. Special guests include...