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Ski Mountaineering will make its long-awaited debut at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Bormio tomorrow. 36 athletes (18 men, 18 women) will compete in the three medal events — men’s sprint, women’s sprint, and a mixed Relay.

The video of the avalanche power cloud in Val Veny, above Courmayeur in the Aosta Valley on the Italian side of Mont Blanc. The powder clouds engulfed skiers, but no injuries were reported.

British climber Aidan Roberts has flashed Bügeleisen (8B+) in the Maltatal, Austria

On 13/01/2026, Tine Cuder, Filip Princi and Miloš Milanović made the first ascent of 'Bratstvo v cepinih', a new mixed climb in the Loška Koritnica valley in the Triglav National Park in the Julian Alps of Slovenia.

24-year-old Italian climber Laura Rogora has made short work of Niobe at Arco, Italy, sending the 9a slab in a single day.

On 23 December 2025 Davide Picco repeated 'Beginning' at Eremo di San Paolo close to Arco, Italy. This is the third 9a+ for the Italian climber.

32-year-old Italian climber Stefano Ghisolfi has repeated Gioia, the 8C+ boulder in Varazze first freed by Christian Core in 2008.

American climber Connor Herson has made the first ascent of Drifters Escape in Squamish, Canada, proposing 5.15a (9a+) and establishing it as the world's first trad climb of this difficulty.

The film Chasing Shadows tells the compelling journey of Benjamin Védrines on K2. After an initial attempt where tragedy was narrowly avoided, Védrines is more determined than ever to achieve an extraordinary feat: climb the world's second highest mountain in a single day, without supplementary oxygen, and fly down by...

Martin Giovanazzi, Elio Mazzalai, Sebastiano Merz and Mauro Zanon have made the first ascent of 'Petit Petò' on the Covelo wall in Valle del Sarca, Arco, Italy

Watch French climber Esteban Daligault repeating 'Bon Voyage', the E12 trad climb put up by James Pearson in 2023 at Annot in France.

Nate Mankovich, Manuel López and Alvaro Vernich have made the first ascent of 'Yantibih Lak' (6c, 450m) on the west face of Jebel Kazhali in Wadi Rum, Jordan. López reports.

Austrian climber has repeated 'Shaolin', the 9A boulder at Red Rocks, USA, established by Sean Bailey in November 2024.

On 14 January 2026, Alessandro Zeni repeated 'Niobe', the 9a slab established by Adam Ondra at the crag Spettacolo close to Arco, Italy. The report by the 34-year-old athlete from the High Mountain Military Unit of the Army Sports Center.

The online, global voting campaign for the Wildlife Photographer of the Year People’s Choice Award is now online. 24 images have been shortlisted from over 60,000 entries. Voting closes on Wednesday 18 March, the winning photograph and the four runners-up will be announced on Wednesday 25 March

On 18 January 2026 Brette Harrington, Christina Lustenberger and Gee Pierrel completed the first ski descent of the North Glacier on Mount Deltaform in Canada. Originally climbed in June 1968, the route is no longer recommended or even mentioned in current guidebooks due to significant changes in the glacier and...