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The video of the first ascent of 'Petit Pont' on the West face of the Drus in the Mont Blanc massif, carried out by French alpinists Philippe Bruley, Amaury Fouillade and Baptiste Obino from 26 December 2024 to 1 January 2025.

From 17 to 21 February 2025, French climber Benjamin Védrines completed a solo winter ascent of the BASE route on the West Face of the Drus in the Mont Blanc massif.

Watch Aurel Lardy, Vivian Bruchez, and Jules Socié exploring ski descents in the Fitz Roy massif in Patagonia in the award-winning film 'Painting the Mountains' by Matthew Tufts.

The video of Basque mountaineers Tasio Martin and Ibon Mendia making the first ascent of 'Dardara' (500m, 7b+?) on Aguja Mermoz in Patagonia.

The 19th International Film Festival 'Festival gorniškega filma' will take place at Ljubljana and Domzale, Slovenia, from 17 - 22 February 2025. Directed by Silvo Karo, guests include Jackson Marvell, Miška Izakovičová, Ana Baumgartner, Urša Kešar, Anja Petek, Patricija Verdev, Marija and Andrej Štremfelj and many more.

Last August, the Italians Daniele Bonzi, Francesco Fumagalli and Thomas Triboli travelled to the Fox Jaw Cirque in East Greenland, where they completed the first traverse of the first three towers: Baby Molar, Molar, and Incisor. Named 'Trident VI Orobica', the route involves 1,000 metres of climbing over 21 pitches,...

German alpinist Robert Jasper has been awarded the 'Primus Inter Pares 2024' prize from the Polski Związek Alpinizmu, the Polish Alpine Club. This award recognises his extraordinary life's work and his pioneering first ascents in the field of alpinism

Basque mountaineers Tasio Martin and Ibon Mendia have established two new lines in Patagonia this season: Erresistentziara Kondenatuak on Torre Norte del Paine and 'Dardara' on Aguja Mermoz. Martin reports.

German mountaineer Jost Kobusch has terminated his ambitious project to climb the West Ridge of Everest alone, in winter and without supplemental oxygen. On 27 December 2024 the 32-year-old had reached an altitude of 7,537 meters.

On 01/01/2025 the Italian mountaineers François Cazzanelli and Giuseppe Vidoni made the first ascent of 'L’Esprit des Murailles' on the southeast face of Dent d’Hérens, Grandes Murailles (Matterhorn group, Pennine Alps) in Italy's Aosta Valley.

Applications are open for the new Bernard de Launoit Prize for Mountain & Adventure. This €25,000 financial award supports young people in their quest for adventure. Deadline 1 February 2025

On 31/12/2024 Swiss mountaineers Roger Schäli and Peter von Känel made the first ascent of 'Methadone' on Sciora Dafora, also referred to as Sciora di Fuori, in Switzerland. This is highly likely to be a winter ascent of a summer climb established in 1974 by D. Erba, G. Maresi and...

Interview with 55-year-old German climber Alexander Huber after the first ascent of 'Mythos' (8c+) at Barmsteine in the Berchtesgadener Alps. The redpoint follows the first ascent of the 8b multipitch 'Überleben' (8b) at Brendelberg in July 2024 and after undergoing brain surgery at the start of the year.

From 10 to 12 January 2025, the eighth Eiskletterfestival Osttirol Ice Climbing Festival, Austria, will take place at the Eispark Osttirol close to the Matreier Tauernhaus. This year's guest of honour will be the mountaineer Rudolf Hauser.

The first stage of the 2024/2025 Ski Mountaineering World Cup was held in Courchevel, France last weekend. On Saturday the Sprint was won by Emily Harrop and Oriol Cardona Coll, while on Sunday the Vertical was won by Axelle Gachet-Mollaret and Remi Bonnet.

On 24 April 2024 Andri Bieger, Martin Kogler and Valentin Werner-Tutschku carried out three ski descents on Nevado Chachacomani (6074m) in Bolivia. It is highly likely that these lines have never been skied before.