Keyword: North Face

33 rope lengths, 900 meters, 13 days on the wall: Fay Manners and Roger Schäli have established a new route through the Eiger North Face with "Solar Eclipse." The name comes from a moment the two experienced from their portaledge – the solar eclipse of August 12, 2026.

It's a familiar story: Hollywood productions often take liberties with the technical aspects of climbing and mountaineering. Of course, there are exceptions: We've compiled five climbing films that strive for realism.

Silvan Schüpbach, Peter Von Känel and Carlos Molina climbed a new route on the north face of the Nesthorn called The Cuckoo's Nest. On the way back they fell into a crevasse, but luckily they were not injured. A report by Silvan Schüpbach and Peter von Känel.

Silvan Schüpbach, Matteo Della Bordella, Symon Welfringer and Alex Gammeter spent 35 days traveling in the wilderness of East Greenland. Completely autonomous and on their own...

The name of the SextenDoloExtrem project by Simon Gietl and Dani Arnold says it all: together, the two top alpinists have climbed the north faces of Einserkofel, Zwölfer and...

In January, several rope teams were able to climb one of the big Slovenian winter routes, the Dream Couloir on the north face of Triglav.

The two alpinists Simon Gietl and Martin Feistl climb a huge line on the Sassolungo north face with Aura (1200m, M6, AI6).

The two top French alpinists Benjamin Védrines and Léo Billon are making history with their winter north face trilogy.