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Mountain Guide Eraldo Meraldi describes the short walk to the spectacular waterfall Cascata al Crap de Scegn, located above the village Isolaccia in Valdidentro, Alta Valtellina, Italy.

On 15 May Russian alpinist Alexey Bolotov died above the Khumbu icefall on the South Face of Everest.

Elio Bonfanti and Claudio Casalegno present the icefalls Sabotørfossen, Fossekjerringa e Grabeinsisen close to Rijukan in Norway.

Video of 18-year-old Val Gardena alpinists Martin Dejori, Aaron Moroder and Alex Walpoth repeating Goulotte Holzknecht, the route up the SW Face of the Langkofeleck (Spallone del Sassolungo) in the Dolomites first ascended by Adam Holzknecht 300m WI5+ M5.

Video of the first ascent of Attraverso Travenanzes (120m, III, WI5+), the new icefall located in the Supermario sector in Val Travenanzes (Dolomites) established on 16 February 2013 by Beppe Ballico and Andrea Gamberini.

On 16 February 2013 Beppe Ballico and Andrea Gamberini made the first ascent of Attraverso Travenanzes (120m, III, WI5+) a new icefall at the Supermario sector in Val Travenanzes which, once again, confirms itself as being an eldorado for ice...

Dave MacLeod has made the first ascent of two new winter climbs on Ben Nevis in Scotland, White Noise M10+/M11 and The Snotter VIII,8.

In the Canadian Rockies Raphael Slawinski has made the first ascent of two new icefalls: The God Delusion (175m, M8+ WI5+) and Nachtmahr (85m, M9 WI5).

Luis Penín and Pablo Gomez from Spain have repeated Felsige Gärten in Austria's Tirol.

On 26/01/2013 Edoardo Falletta and Andrea Roche made the first ascent of the icefall Lall in Ice (30, III/3+/D3) on Monte Chaberton in Alta Val di Susa, Italy.

On 12/01/2013 Marco Conti and Mirella Becciu made the first ascent of La Bava della Sueur (III/5/D2, 80m), a new icefall at Rocce della Sueur, Bardonecchia, Italy.

In Valle di Trona (Val Gerola, Italy) Cristian Candiotto has climbed two new icefalls, Crys (II/5, 60m) and Mutua day (150m II/3), with Paolo Lancini and Alfredo Tosarini respectively.

On 26/01/2013 the Slovenians Dejan Koren and Boötjan Mikuû made the first ascent of Gladiator (205 m, IV, M7-, WI6, X, R) a difficult new icefall on Cima delle Cenge, Valle di Riofreddo (Tarvisio, Tridente area), Italy.

The 12-13/1/2013 Enrico Bonino, Giancarlo Bazzocchi, Elio Bonfanti and Andrea Fazzari made the first ascent of "Dio li Fa... e poi li accoppia" 60m, M5 WI5 5c + RX) a new mixed climb in Valnontey (Cogne, Valle d'Aosta, Italy).

On 7 and 8 January 2013 the Catores Mountain Guides Adam Holzknecht and Hubert Moroder made the first ascent of "La Legrima" (WI6 M6 V+, two sections of A0), the great ice and mixed line up the North Face of...

On 12/01/2013 Beppe Ballico, Andrea Gamberini and Marco Milanese made what is likely to be the first ascent of the icefall Psyco Killer (IV+, WI7-, D5, 225m) on the Tofana di Mezzo (Dolomites).