After nine teleconference meetings, plus dozens of emails, texts, and phone calls, the American Alpine Club has finally agreed on a new name for its annual award for excellence in climbing. The honor, ...

That big building being built off Highway 99 in Ripon that you keep wondering about looks imposing for a reason. No, it’s not a new auto shop or a dental office. It’s the future home of Alpine ...

Improve your mountain skills by day and party by night at the Arc’teryx Alpine Academy in Chamonix ...

Steven Potter is a digital editor at Climbing. He's been flailing on rocks since 2004, has successfully injured (and unsuccessfully rehabbed) nearly every one of his fingers, and holds an MFA in ...

American alpinist Steve House has created a free video series entitled Alpine Principles to teach the climbing community how to make better decisions in the mountains. One of the world’s leading ...

Last month Bruce Miller, of Boulder, fulfilled a childhood dream by climbing the tallest alpine wall in the Alps: the fearsome north face of The Eiger (13,015 feet), in Switzerland.

With reference to the latest ascents by Robert Jasper in Norway, the Norsk Tindeklub (Norwegian Alpine Club) has now published an official statement guidelining climbing ethics in Norway. The German ...

The Korea Alpine Federation said, "From the 28th to the 30th, the '45th National Sports Climbing Championships' will be held at the Gunsan Climbing Center in South Jeolla Province for three days." ...

High up in the natural wonder of the French Alps, the climbers who spend their days among the rockfaces and glaciers have come to a grim conclusion: the mountains are falling down around them. In the ...

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