Simon Gietl of Italy has used the low temperatures in the Central Alps to redpoint Lumina, a highly difficult M8 route he had opened solo last April. For the climb, Gietl paired with world champion ...
Ski mountaineering is the newest Winter Olympics event in 2026. But there's another high-altitude event that could enter the ...
A French skier has just become the first person to climb and ski every mountain in the Alps higher than 4,000m (12,000 feet). After chipping away at the project for 15 years, Vivian Bruchez scaled the ...
The writer, along with her cousin and sister, embarked on a four-day trek across Japan’s Northern Alps, crossing paths with a 75-year-old solo trekker from Hiroshima. The experience offered unexpected ...
The 2026 Winter Olympics are approaching their conclusion. Sunday's closing ceremony will draw the curtain on the Milano ...
The 2025 Tour of the Alps route takes in five stages across Northern Italy and Austria, for a total of 739km that packs in a huge 14,700m of climbing in less than a week. Every stage features at least ...
One of the most coveted climbs in the Central Alps, it represented a huge leap in terms of quality in Val Masino and even today is often considered one of the most difficult slab climbs in the Alps. A ...