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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.

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

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 19th International Festival of Mountain Films "Vila de Torelló" came to a close last Saturday with the Grand Prize being awarded to 'Salathe'.

Christoph von Toggenburg’s journey from India to Switzerland to raise funds for leprosy begins

At the end of August 2001 the Germans Robert Jasper and Rainer Treppte climbed a major new route on the North Face of the Matterhorn (4474m).

After just five days preparation the German Stefan Glowacz successfully redpointed "End of silence" on his first attempt. With this repeat Glowacz has become the first person to complete the Alpine Trilogy comprised of three alpine multi-pitches first ascended in 1994: End of Silence at Berchtesgaden by Thomas Huber, Silbergeier...

Climbing on Corsica: a selection of some of the best multi-pitch rock climbs in Bavella, Val Restonica and Valle du Tavignano. By Maurizio Oviglia.

Two new routes in Val Lanterna, Central alps

On 23 May the Frenchman Marco Siffredi, snowboarded down the Norton Couloir on the 8850m North Face of Everest, 8850m

The 49° Film Festival di Trento takes place in Trento from 27 April - 5 May 2001

Interview with Jean-Christophe Lafaille after his solo ascent of the West Face of the Drus, Mont Blanc

The longest and "highest" sleddog race in Europe, the "Trans Alpes Paul Emile Victor" gets underway

Patrick Bérhault has almost finished his Alpine traverse from Slovenia to France

Ski mountaineering routes in the Goldberggruppe, Hoher Tauern, one of Austria's most beautiful and famous ski mountaineering areas.