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On Cerro Walwalun in the Cochamó Valley, Chile, the international team composed of Italy's Mirco Grasso and Slovenia's Jernej Kruder opened and subsequently freed 'Tarock', a big wall climb with difficulties up to 7c.

On 22/01/2026, on the north face of Cima Busazza in the Adamello – Presanella Group, Emanuele Andreozzi and Ruggero Samaden opened the mixed route 'Out Of The Blue'. Andreozzi reports.

The video of the first BASE jump off Fitz Roy (Cerro Chaltén) in Patagonia, carried out on 7 January 2026 by Russian alpinists Boris Egorov, Vladimir Murzaev, Konstantin Yaemurd

Emily Harrop & Thibault Anselmet win gold l'oro. Marianne Fatton & Jon Kistler silver. Ana Alonso Rodriguez & Oriol Cardona Coll bronze

Twelve nations to battle for the first-ever Mixed Relay Olympic gold at 13:30 today in Bormio at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics.

On 08/06/2025 Elisa Bessega and Enrico Mosetti completed a rare descent of the west face of Mount Tetnuldi (4858m) in Georgia.

Beneath heavy snowfall in Bormio, Italy, Marianne Fatton and Oriol Cardona Coll win the Sprint race at Ski mountaineering's historic Olympic debut today at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

Women's sprint: Marianne Fatton wins gold, Emily Harrop silver, Ana Alonso Rodriguez bronze

Men's sprint: Oriol Cardona Coll wins gold, Nikita...

Ski Mountaineering will make its long-awaited debut at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Bormio 19/02/2026. 36 athletes (18 men, 18 women) will compete in the three medal events — men’s sprint, women’s sprint, and a mixed Relay.

The video of the avalanche power cloud in Val Veny, above Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley on the Italian side of Mont Blanc. The powder clouds engulfed skiers, but no injuries were reported.

The film Chasing Shadows tells the compelling journey of Benjamin Védrines on K2. After an initial attempt where tragedy was narrowly avoided, Védrines is more determined than ever to achieve an extraordinary feat: climb the world's second highest mountain in a single day, without supplementary oxygen, and fly down by...

Austrian climber has repeated 'Shaolin', the 9A boulder at Red Rocks, USA, established by Sean Bailey in November 2024.

On 14 January 2026, Alessandro Zeni repeated 'Niobe', the 9a slab established by Adam Ondra at the crag Spettacolo close to Arco, Italy. The report by the 34-year-old athlete from the High mountain Military Unit of the Army Sports Center.

On Tête aux Chamois at Glacier 3000 in Switzerland's Bernese Oberland, Melanie Grünwald and Fay Manners made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'Elles Aussi' (M7+ A0).

Last summer on the north face of Mount Demirkazik in the Ala Daglar range of Turkey, the Italians Alessandro Larcher, Rolando Larcher and Federica Mingolla established 'Close to Heaven'.

21-year-old climber Italian climber Iris Bielli has sent her first 8c+, 'Il lupo perde il pelo ma non il vizio' at Sasso Pelo in Lombardy.

The UK-based charity GRIT & ROCK has announced the opening of applications for its 2026 Expedition Grant Awards, a dedicated $15,000 funding pool aimed at advancing female participation in groundbreaking alpine climbing. The application deadline is 31 March 2026.

On 23/01/2026 Simon Gietl and Vittorio Messini made the first ascent of 'Out of the Dark' on the north face of North Face of Laserz, Lienz Dolomites, Austria.