The Chironico bouldering area in Ticino already has several thousand bouldering lines, making it one of the most popular destinations in the climbing scene. Now Nils Favre from western Switzerland has opened a new sector near Schattental. This video introduces most of the boulders.
The Mammut Mountain Days will take place in Zermatt from September 1st to 3rd. The program includes tours and workshops with professional athletes such as Katherine Choong, Jonas Schild, Stephan Siegrist and Andrea Kümin, as well as all-inclusive camping at the foot of the Matterhorn. We are giving away 2 tickets worth CHF 490 each.
Any plans for the driveway? The Misoxperience outdoor festival is in full swing in the idyllic Misox valley in Graubünden. While canoeing was the focus in the first few days, from Thursday everything revolves around bouldering.
Successful title defense: Natalie Bärtschi and Julien Clémence crowned themselves Swiss champions in the bouldering discipline on Saturday evening, April 1, in the L'Entrepôt climbing hall in Bulle. Jil Couture and Romain Sabatier win the title in the U18 category.
Billi Bierling has worked for the Himalayan Database, the archive of legendary Himalayan chronicler Elizabeth Hawley, for almost twenty years. She is known for cruising the busy streets of Kathmandu on her bicycle to interview expedition climbers from around the world. In her book, she tells of the fascination of expedition mountaineering in the Himalayas and her commitment to people in need.
At the first Swiss Climbing Cup of the season in early March, bouldering specialists Sofya Yokoyama and Nils Favre won. Today is the second round of the Minimum Leutsch and it promises to be exciting, especially as it is the last chance for the participants to qualify for the Swiss Championships on April 1st in L'Entrepôt in Bulle.
The mountain film festival Mountains on Stage is back with a brand new programme. The German-speaking tour stops in 8 cities in Switzerland and Germany. As the official media partner, LACRUX is giving away tickets for a screening of your choice.
On the 10. December 2019 the film Wetter Stein Grat with Michi Wohlleben is performed for the first time in Switzerland: Kultur am Gleis (KUGL), movie start 19.30 o'clock.
Next week's 31.08./01.09.2019, IG Magic Wood is organizing the anniversary edition, the 10, together with Bodhi Climbing and the Gasthaus Edelweiss. Magic Wood Clean Up Day.
The German professional alpinist Michi Wohlleben, who lives in Eastern Switzerland, will present his film "Die Hard" at Casino Herisau next Thursday and report on his...
On Saturday, March 11, 2017, the "Goldfinger" competition will take place in the LÖbloc bouldering hall near Basel. The organizers are not stingy with the prizes:...
On Friday, March 10, 2017, the Blocbuster 2 competition will take place in Basel's bouldering hall B2017. 50 boulder problems are waiting between 18.00 p.m. and 22.00 p.m. to...
It's going to be epic on Saturday, February 25th, 2017, at Sparta Bouldering in Buchs. The Sparta-Fight fun competition takes place in the Rheinthal Bouldering Hall...
Yesterday evening the Mammut Blacklight Boulder Challenge 2017 took place in the St. Gallen climbing hall. More than 230 athletes in brightly colored, loud clothes climbed under neon lights around...
An unusual event will take place on January 6th in the 27aplus climbing hall in Winterthur: a team bouldering fun. The hall provides information on its Facebook page as follows: Team...
On January 13, 2017 there will be a fondue party in the climbing hall in Winterthur. Details about the event in the Winterthur climbing hall can be found here and on the...
On December 22, 2016, a charity event with top climber Nina Caprez will take place in Zurich's Boulderhalle Minimum. The Swiss non-profit organization ClimbAID, together with the...
In his book “xPeaks”, Peter von Känel tells the story of the record on the 82 four-thousand-meter peaks in a vivid, authentic way and with a pinch of irony.
