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From 4 - 6 April 2013 cortina d'Ampezzo, the pearl of the Dolomites, will host the Freeride Challenge Punta Nera 2013, a three day event dedicated to freeride skiing, ski mountaineering and climbing with the special boulder contest.

Tommy Vänskä, co-director of the film Kylmää kiveä, retraces the history of rock climbing in Finland.

Two new rock climbs up the fascinating Cima Cason de Formin in the Dolomites: Buon compleanno Nat (6c+, 215m Massimo Da Pozzo, Marco Alberti, Danilo Serafini) and La beffa (7a+/7b Massimo Da Pozzo, Pier Francesco Smaltini).

Errata: contrary to what we published previously, Via Leila on Cima Cason de Formin (Croda da Lago, Dolomites) is not a new route but a lower variation (5 pitches) to Via Leber Kenedi first ascended in 1990 by Federico Michielli and Michele Da Pozzo.

cortina Mountain Guida Enrico Maioni presents Via Leila, a new climb up Cason de Formin in the Dolomites first ascended by Aldo Vascellari, Federico Zanettin and Giovanni Zanettin.

At the Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Italian Dolomites the French climbers Stephanie Bodet and Arnaud Petit have repeated Alpenliebe and Camillotto Pellesier. Bodet shares her thoughts about these two climbs.

The report by Maurizio Oviglia about the Kemaliye International Outdoor Sport Festival, the largest outdoor activity meeting in Turkey in an area which has all the makings of an Asian Verdon.

On the Pilastro della Tofana di Rozes in the Dolomites Massimo Da Pozzo, Natasha Alexander and Samuele Majoni have made the first ascent of Spigolo Sam (6c, 500m circa).

At the end of September Slovenian alpinists Tomaz Jakofcic and Luka Lindic established Viki krema (VIII+/IX-, VIII- obl., 800m) up the Tofana Di Rozes, Dolomites.

Enrico Maioni, Mountain Guide from cortina, Italy, informs that a landslide on the Tofana di Rozes has changed the descent from the routes on the Pilastro, Primo Spigolo and Terzo Spigolo.

On 10 August Carlo Alverà of the cortina Scoiattoli and Edoardo Valleferro established Rajëta (V+, 228m) on Campanile Innerkofler, Croda da Lago, Dolomites.

Crepo Longo, a new crag on Mount Faloria above cortina d'Ampezzo in the Dolomites, with 20 routes from 4a - 6c.

Video of the Americans Steph Davis and Mario Richard and their BASE Jump off the Tofana di Rozes (Dolomites)

The splendid round-trip to discover Croda da Lago in the Dolomites, introduced by Mountain Guide Enrico Maioni.

The Via Ferrata La Grotta di Tofana in the Dolomites, introduced by cortina Mountain Guide Enrico Maioni.

The Via Ferrata La Grotta di Tofana in the Dolomites, introduced by cortina Mountain Guide Enrico Maioni.