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The final stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2016 took place last weekend at Rabenstein - Corvara in italy. After four competitions, both the Lead and Speed World Cups were won by the Russians Maria Tolokonina and Maxim Tomilov. Lead stage victory went ot Janez Svoljšak from Slovenia and...

Rolando Larcher recounts the beauty of trad climbing in italy's Valle dell'Orco: the video (by Riky Felderer) and the report of two new rock climbs on Torre di Aimonin: "Cani & Gatti" (8a+), first ascended with a mix of trad and bolts by M. Oviglia and P. Seimandi and freed...

The final stage of the Ice Climbing world Cup 2016 began this morning at Rabenstein, italy.

Maurizio Oviglia introduces trad crack climbing at Balmanolesca, italy.

On 26 January 2016 at Bus del Quai di Iseo (italy) Dutch climber Marianne van der Steen managed to flash Kamasutra, a drytooling climb graded D13+.

The third stage of the Ice Climbing World Cup 2016 took place in Saas Fee, Switzerland from 22 - 23 January 2016. Russians Maxim Tomilov and Maria Tolokonina won the Lead discipline, while Speed was won by teammates Nikolei Kuzovlev and Ekaterina Koshcheeva.

The press release of the 24th edition of the prestigious international mountaineering award Piolet d’Or that will be celebrated from 14 - 17 April 2016 at La Grave-La Meije, France.

At Fontainebleau in France Guillaume Glairon Mondet has made the first ascent of "Le Pied à Coulisse", a new boulder problem that at 8C+ checks in as one of the hardest in the world.

Pre-registration is now online for Melloblocco 2016, the biggest bouldering and climbing meeting in the world that will be held in Val di Mello - Val Masino, italy, from 5 - 8 May 2016.

Maurizio Oviglia introduces Altri Cieli, the documentary about the little Sardinian village of Ulassai that combines rock climbing with art, starting from the artist Maria Lai.

The first stage of the ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2016 took place at Font Blanca in Andorra last weekend. While Saturday’s Individual race was won by Kilian Jornet Burgada and Emelie Forsberg, Sunday’s Vertical race was won by Burgada and Laura Orguè Vila.

The ISMF Ski Mountaineering World Cup 2016 begins in Andorra this weekend with two events, one individual race and one vertical race.

British climber Tom Ballard discusses his recent climbs, which include the first ascent of Je Ne Sais Quoi D14+ in the Dolomites, italy.

From 7 to 9 January 2016 Tomy Aguilo, Corrado Korra Pesce, Roland Striemitzer, Iñaki Coussirat and Carlitos Molina made the coveted second ascent of Psycho Vertical, the route first ascended in December 1986 up the southeast face of Torre Egger in Patagonia by the Slovenians Janez Jeglič, Silvo Karo and...

Florian Riegler reports about his ascent of Trinitas (WI4, M5, 1000m), a probable new route up the NW Face of Ortler climbed on 27/12/2015 together with his brother Martin Riegler. With this ascent the two South Tyrolean alpinists have completed the trilogy of new routes that includes the summits of...

Eight total dry tooling routes in the new sector X Dream at the X-Ice Park, the ice climbing crag at Ceresole Reale (TO).