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The Janez Jeglič – Johan Memorial competition was won at Osp in Slovenia by Mina Markovič and Jernej Kruder. The event took place in memory of the famous Slovenian mountaineer who perished on Nupste in 1997.

Melloblocco 2026, the world's largest bouldering and climbing meeting, begins this week and will take place in Val di Mello – Val Masino from 6 to 9 May 2026. You can register online at www.melloblocco.it until 6:00 PM today to secure the bag with the boulder map, gadgets, and the...

The Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival (UMFF) has announced Bernadette McDonald as the recipient of the 2026 Ulsan Ulju Mountain Culture award. McDonald is an acclaimed author and researcher whose decades-long work in mountain literature and cinema has advanced global mountain culture. The 11th Ulsan Ulju Mountain Film Festival will...

The anticipation is building for this year's Melloblocco, scheduled from 6 to 9 May 2026 in Val di Mello - Val Masino, Italy. .With just two weeks to go, organisers have now released the program for thebiggest bouldering and climbing meeting in the world.

The steep walls of Osp in Slovenia will host the Janez Jeglič – Johan Memorial competition, in memory of the famous Slovenian mountaineer who perished on Nupste in 1997. Scheduled from 7- 9 May 2026, the event is accepting applications from international climbers

As climbing grows through gyms and the Olympics, it faces a paradox: indoor popularity rises while outdoor crags risk closure. What future awaits the sport? Featuring Swiss climber Cédric Lachat, this award-winning documentary by Guillaume Broust explores climbing's shift from counterculture to mainstream.

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.

The Grand Prize of the 36th edition of the Maria Luisa Memorial Photo contest was awarded to Christoph Fischer for his photo entitled 'Fearless'. The competition attracted 18,089 photographs and 182 films entries.

Beneath heavy snowfall in Bormio, Italy, Marianne Fatton and Oriol Cardona Coll win the Sprint race at Ski mountaineering's historic Olympic debut today at the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games.

Women's sprint: Marianne Fatton wins gold, Emily Harrop silver, Ana Alonso Rodriguez bronze

Men's sprint: Oriol Cardona Coll wins gold, Nikita...

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.

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

The UK-based charity GRIT & ROCK has announced the opening of applications for its 2026 Expedition Grant Awards, a dedicated $15,000 funding pool aimed at advancing female participation in groundbreaking alpine climbing. The application deadline is 31 March 2026.

The international bouldering meeting by La Sportiva will take place from 6 to 9 May 2026 in Val Masino, Valtellina, the cradle of Italian bouldering. Online registration is now open and the new 'Give Melloblocco as a gift' initiative is still active.

The documentary of the award-winning first ascent of Yashkuk Sar in Pakistan, carried out by the American alpinists August Franzen, Dane Steadman and Cody Winckler from 19 - 23 September 2024.

Russian mountaineer Alexander Odintsov has been named as 2025 recipient of the Piolets d'Or Carrière. He will receive the 17th Walter Bonatti - Piolets d’Or Lifetime Achievement award at the international festival in San Martino di Castrozza (Dolomites, Italy) in December, and follows in the footsteps of Walter Bonatti, Reinhold...

The Piolets d'Or 2025 will be awarded to the following climbs: the west ridge of Gasherbrum III in Nepal by Aleš Česen and Tom Livingstone, the southwest arête of Kaqur Kangri in Nepal by Spencer Gray and Ryan Griffiths, and the north pillar of Yashkuk Sar in the Karakoram...