Keyword: Swiss Alpine Club

It was to be expected: The Covid-19 pandemic left clear marks on the SAC huts. The lockdown in mid-March 2020, just in the high season for ski touring, forced the huts to cease operations. The number of overnight stays for the winter season plummeted by over 66%. But there was one ray of hope: the summer season developed better than feared.

The Trifthütte will remain closed until mid-June 2021 after massive damage from an avalanche.

Sascha Lehmann wins the gold medal in the lead discipline at the European Sport Climbing Championships 2020. Viktoriia Meshkova won gold among women.

The climbing and paraclimbing world championships will be held in Bern in 2023. The IFSC decided this a few days ago.

The European Championships will take place in Moscow at the end of November. Swiss Climbing has selected two female and four female athletes.

The Bächli Swiss Climbing Cup took place last weekend. Anne-Sophie Koller and Dylan Chuat climbed to the lead championship.

There is a new SAC climbing guide for one of the oldest and most important climbing areas in Switzerland, the Basler Jura.

The IFSC and SAC have decided to cancel the World Cup competitions in Meiringen and Villars that have been postponed until the autumn.