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Introducing the Lamar crag Lamar Crag at the Lamar Lakes in Valle dei Laghi, Garda Trentino, Italy. An easily accessible crag with short routes (5b to 6a), perfect orientation for climbing in summer, and ideal for beginners and children.

From 30 - 31 July Swiss alpinists Benjamin Bosshard and Filippo Sala completed what is known as the Grande U of Bondasca, ie the enchainment of all the main summits above Valle Bondasca. The huge skyline between Passo della Turbinasca and Passo Cacciabella includes 17 summits, 29km and 4900 elevation...

An strong Italian expedition comprised of Matteo Della Bordella, Tommaso Lamantia and Marco Majori is currently on its way to Patagonia where it aims to make the first winter ascent of the Casarotto route on the Goretta Pillar on Fitz Roy.

German Olympian Lucia Dörffel has successfully climbed the 8B+ boulder problem 'Hazel Grace', located at Switzerland’s Gotthard Pass.

The iconic multi-pitch climb 'Velebitaški' on Anića Kuk in the Paklenica National Park, Croatia, was illuminated on 15 June 2025 by the Velebit Mountaineering Club to celebrate its 75th anniversary. The 350m 6a+ was first ascended in autumn 1961 by Nedjeljko Jakić, Matija Mlinac and Davor Ribarov

Camilla Moroni and Pietro Vidi have repeated 'Histoire sans Fin' (8b+/5.14a 200m) on Petit Clocher du Portalet in Switzerland. Moroni's repeat is the first female ascent of this 200m 8b+.

Last summer Petra Bernard and Renato Bernard established the multipitch 'Etienne' on the First Sella tower (Dolomites). The climb is dedicated to their son Etienne Bernard, who perished in 2021.

David Göttler, Tiphaine Duperier & Boris Langenstein have carried out an alpine style ascent of Nanga Parbat (8126m) via the Rupal Face. The German descended the mountain by paraglider, while the French duo completed a ski descent.

On Tuesday 27 May 2025, eleven rangers from Gran Paradiso National Park and an ARPA Valle d'Aosta technician ascended the Grand Etrèt Glacier in Valsavarenche to conduct their annual spring snowpack survey.

• Thanks to heavy mid-April snowfalls, the glacial basin remains deeply snow-covered above 2,200 meters elevation.
• The final assessment will...

In January 2025 Canadian alpinists Flavie Cardinal and Jasper Pankratz made the first ascent of 'Todo lo que se Comparte' on Pirita Central in the remote Piritas valley, a side valley of the Turbio Valley in Northern Patagonia. Cardinal reports.

The Tre Cime di Lavaredo toll road that leads from Misurina to Rifugio Auronzo and the car park reopens on Sunday 25 May 2025. As of this season, online booking is necessary in advance, via the municipality of Auronzo website.

At the Medical Meeting of the Association of summer Olympic International Federations (ASOIF) in Lausanne, Switzerland, the International Federation of Sport Climbing presented the Federation’s pioneering work on Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport (REDs). Published below is the IFSC press release.

On 02/05/2025 Babsi Zangerl repeated 'Bombardino' at Bus de La Stria, Arco, Italy. In doing so the Austrian has climbed her first 9a+.

The trailer for the documentary 'Eternal Solo', which documents the first solo ascent of 'Eternal Flame' in the heart of the Karakorum massif in July 2024. The film, written and directed by Andrea Cossu, will have its world premiere at the 73rd edition of the Trento Film Festival.

Watch Jacopo Larcher and Barbara Zangerl making the first repeat of 'The Gift' (8c, 350m) on the Drusenfluh the Rätikon massif in Austria, summer 2024.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced the Long Beach area of Los Angeles as the venue for Sport Climbing at the Olympic Games LA28.