Keyword: Austria

For almost 40 years, this particular ridge in the Venediger Group of the Central Eastern Alps bore the name of the cartographer and glaciologist Wolfgang Pillewizer. The Salzburg Alpine Club is now investigating his past as a member of the Nazi Party and the SA: The summit sign has been removed, and the mountain will remain nameless in the future.

Since 1923, the Austrian Alpine Club has honored outstanding mountain rescuers with the "Green Cross." This year, two Tyrolean mountain rescuers received the award, which is considered the highest and most prestigious honor in mountain rescue.

The mountain film festival Mountains on Stage returns to the stage in April and May with its summer edition, performing in 22 countries and more than 250 cities. The German-language tour starts on April 23, 2024, in Augsburg and stops in 20 cities across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

Nicolai Uznik climbs Mount Doom (9A) in the Malta Valley, the most difficult boulder in Austria and one of the most difficult in the world.

The Austrian Climbing Association will lose an important pillar in the coming months. Kilian Fischhuber, Austria's Coach of the Year 2024, is resigning from his position as national coach. The 41-year-old wants to slow down in the future and work as a teacher in a school.

Louis Gundolf succeeds in the first free ascent of Ganesha Extension, a difficult route by Hansjörg Auer on the Elefantenwand in Ötztal. In the interview he tells...

The Austrian boulderer Lukas Mayerhofer opens a low start to the Zangerl testpiece Anam Cara: Anam Cara low (8C).

17th World Cup gold in bouldering: Janja Garnbret wins in Innsbruck ahead of the two youngsters Jennifer Eucharia Buckley and Anastasie Sanders.