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The Municipality of Kalymnos has temporarily for maintenance and rebolting 10 crags on the Greek island.

On 2 April 2026 Austrian climber Nicolai Užnik has made the first ascent of 'Bügelbrett' in Maltatal, austria. The boulder problem adds 7 moves into 'Bügeleisen' and has been graded 8C+.

On Wednesday 8 April 2026 the La Sportiva Climb World Tour 2026 kicks off at the BSide Climbing Gym in Turin. It will be followed by stops in Paris, Brussels, Stockholm, Munich, and Vienna, as well as outdoor legs in Arco, Céüse, Freyr, Bohuslän, Zillertal, and Frankenjura. Special guests include...

On Thursday 26 March 2026 French mountain guide Mathéo Jacquemoud reached the beach in Nice, having made a traverse of the Alps in 19 days. After setting off from Vienna on 7 March, the former ski mountaineering world champion negotiated 86,000 meters of elevation gain and 2,200 km in total...

Austrian photographer Josef Stefan has won the People’s Choice Award of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2026 for his photograph of a playful lynx in Ciudad Real, Spain. A 85,917 votes were cast.

On 8 March 2026 Philipp Brugger and Lukas Waldner made the first single day winter ascent of all three North Pillars of Piz Palü (3899m) in the Bernina Alps of Switzerland. The Austrian alpinists enchained the Bumiller Pillar, East Pillar and Spinas Pillar in 8 hours and 59 minutes.

On 11 March 2026 Adam Ondra made a flash ascent of Klem Loskot's 'Emotional Landscapes' at Maltatal in austria. This is the Czech climber's fourth 8C flash.

On 7 March 2026 Radoslav Groh from the Czech Republic and Juraj Koreň from Slovakia made the first ascent of the mixed climb 'Kaiser Direct' (500m, M7) up the south face of the Grossglockner, at 3798m the highest mountain in austria. Koreň reports.

French ski mountaineer Mathéo Jacquemoud has embarked on his L’Intégrale des Alpes project, with the aim of traversing across the entire Alps from Vienna to Nice on skis and without motorised transport.

The video of Nicolai Užnik making the first ascent of 'Full Gem', the 8C+ boulder problem at Chironico in Switzerland.

The Millennium Cave at Cala Gonone is one of the most famous climbing spots in Sardinia, but also one of the coastal crags most at risk of bolt corrosion on the Italian island. In order to address safety issues, since 2017 Maurizio Oviglia has undertaken a systematic bolt replacement campaign,...

On Cerro Walwalun in the Cochamó Valley, Chile, the international team composed of Italy's Mirco Grasso and Slovenia's Jernej Kruder opened and subsequently freed 'Tarock', a big wall climb with difficulties up to 7c.

Austrian climber Eva Hammelmüller has sent her fifth 9a, WRC at Castillon in France.

Ski Mountaineering will make its long-awaited debut at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Bormio 19/02/2026. 36 athletes (18 men, 18 women) will compete in the three medal events — men’s sprint, women’s sprint, and a mixed Relay.

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

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