The Piolets d'Or 2026 will be awarded to the following climbs: the southeast pillar of Ultar Sar by Ethan Berman, Maarten van Haeren and Sebastián Pelletti, the northwest face of Aikache Chhok by ...
Luca D'Amico and Bene Lerch, supported by Lars Dolf and Max Tschachtli, have made the first ascent of 'Catedrala' (7a, 330m) ...
Catedrala, Piz Cavardiras, Glarus Alps, Swiss Alps, The route goes up the steepest part of southeast face and follows a ...
The organisers of the Piolet d’Or mountaineering award have published the 'big list' of most significant and innovative ...
French climber Louna Ladevant has repeated 'Egoland' (410m, 8c/+) the south face of Marmolada (Dolomites, Italy).
American rock climber Alex Honnold has made a free solo ascent of Freerider on El Capitan, Yosemite. In doing so he has become the first person to climb El Capitan without ropes. Free Rider was first ...
On 21 June 2026, the French climbers Esteban Daligault and Hugo Parmentier attempted to climb three of the most difficult ...
The Piolets d'Or 2026 will be awarded to the following climbs: the southeast pillar of Ultar Sar by Ethan Berman, Maarten van Haeren and Sebastián Pelletti, the northwest face of Aikache Chhok by ...
On 10 August Basque climber Ainhize Belar Barrutia redpointed her second 9a+, 'Zelenputza' at Cueva de La Leze in Spain.
From 1-4 August 2026 the alpinists Thomas Huber, Miquel Mas and Víctor Sans established Wild Soul, a 600m, 21-pitch route on ...
Austrian alpinist Peter Habeler has been named as 2026 recipient of the Piolets d'Or Carrière. He will receive the 18th ...
From 14 to 22 July 2026 Italian alpinists Silvia Loreggian and Stefano Ragazzo completed the first link-up of Great Trango ...