Alpine Mag International

07/10/2025

In just one month, Kilian Jornet wrote a new chapter in the history of ultra-endurance. The Catalan athlete completed States of Elevation, an unprecedented journey that took him to the 72 peaks over 14,000 feet in the continental United States—the famous fourteeners.
Let’s take a look back at the major chapters of this American odyssey.👉https://alpinemag.com/states-elevation-kilian-jornet-completes-american-odyssey-72-fourteeners-usa/

06/10/2025

One of America’s most talented climbers, Balin Miller, died in Yosemite on the final pitch of Sea of Dreams, an aid route on El Capitan that he was climbing solo. Originally from Alaska, Miller had made headlines with unprecedented solo ascents, such as the Slovak Direct on Denali last spring.
https://alpinemag.com/death-young-alpinist-balin-miller-el-capitan/

29/09/2025

There are hardly any words to describe the passion that animates Carlos Soria, except undoubtedly the love of the mountain. At 86 years old, Carlos Soria has just reached the Manaslu, 8,163 m. This mountain holds a special place in his life, since more than half a century ago, in 1973, he had made his first attempt there. In 1975, Soria had participated in the Spanish expedition that allowed his country to sign its first ascent of an 8000, but he himself had not reached the summit at that time.
https://alpinemag.com/spanish-carlos-soria-reaches-summit-manaslu-52-years-after-first-attempt/

25/09/2025

Skiier Andrzej Bargiel has just written a new chapter in his legend. After two attempts in previous years, the Polish Himalayan climber has completed the first full ski descent without additional oxygen from the summit of Everest to base camp. 👉 https://alpinemag.com/historic-achievement-andrzej-bargiel-skis-down-everest-summit-without-oxygen/

24/09/2025

Farewell to Ben and Quentin : "The mountain road gave way beneath them. And the void of the Verdon has probably never been so palpable. And painful."
https://alpinemag.com/farewell-benjamin-guigonnet-quentin-lombard/

24/09/2025

It’s been a tragic week in Chamonix. The French National Ski and Mountaineering School, called ENSA, in Chamonix, the state department that trains IFMGA guides, has lost three of its instructor-guides, who were leading figures in the transmission of knowledge and the profession of high-mountain guiding. On September 12, Christophe Jacquemoud fell while rappelling in the Mont Blanc massif. On September 19, Benjamin Guigonnet (Piolet d’Or 2018) and Quentin Lombard were killed in a road accident in the Gorges du Verdon.
https://alpinemag.com/chamonix-ensa-tragic-death-three-mountain-guide-instructors-jacquemoud-lombard-guigonnet/

17/09/2025

A historic ascent, the culmination of a twelve-year dream: after three attempts, Colin Haley, Alpinist completed the first solo winter ascent of Cerro Torre on September 7. The result of a long quest, this winter solo climb is his tenth (!) ascent of Cerro Torre. “The most beautiful mountain on earth,” says Colin Haley, reached by phone in Chalten, exhausted by his long days alone on the Torre and by a final pitch where he climbed a vertical crevasse through the ice labyrinth of Cerro Torre at night.
https://alpinemag.com/cerro-torre-first-winter-solo-ascent-colin-haley-interview/

12/09/2025

After reaching the summit of Gasherbrum I last July, Marco Confortola said he had completed all fourteen peaks over 8,000 meters. This announcement sparked outrage among other Italian mountaineers, such as Simone Moro, who accuse him of cheating on several peaks. For some, such as Annapurna and Nanga Parbat, Confortola has no evidence, while for Makalu, Kangchenjunga, and Lhotse, he borrowed or altered photos of summits taken by others. The affair has shocked the Italian Alpine Club, which is calling for truth and transparency. But how can Confortola continue to lie?
Read 👉 https://alpinemag.com/himalayas-marco-confortola-fake-summits-claims-8000ers/

11/09/2025

At the top of Piz Nair, more than 3,000 m above sea level, the station of St. Moritz (Switzerland) is experimenting a first in Europe: the installation of seventeen thermosiphons to artificially cool the permafrost and stabilize the mountain. An innovation inspired by the Arctic region, which questions our ways of “saving time” in the face of global warming and the sustainability of alpine infrastructure.
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DISASTER IN THE ECRINS MASSIF: THE VILLAGE OF LA BÉRARDE, ONE OF FRANCE’S MOUNTAINEERING CENTERS, DEVASTATED BY FLOODING

04/09/2025

The Lafaille route at the Dru is a legend, climbed by famous alpinist Jean-Christophe Lafaille, alone, in eight days during winter 2001. Léo Billon, from Groupe Militaire de Haute Montagne (French Elite Moutain Army Group), pursued this chimera: freeclimbing this 1000-meters-bigwall rated A4/A5. After days spent trying the hardest pitches, they managed to free it (F8b+, 5.14a), from the 5th to the 7th of August. With its three or four pitches between 8a/8b+, and as many in the 7c, Leo and Enzo achieved the most difficult rock route of the Mont-Blanc massif.
https://alpinemag.com/free-climbing-lafaille-hardest-route-mont-blanc-leon-billon-enzo-oddo/

31/08/2025

Could it be a lonesome cowboy lost in his scotch behind the bar of a Chamonix saloon? Or perhaps an adrenaline ju**ie having a bad trip? Find out in Alpine Mag's photo editorial
👉https://alpinemag.com/cow-boy-ben/
Benjamin Védrines - Alpiniste

22/08/2025

She was descending from Podeba Peak, 7,439 meters high, in Kyrgyzstan when Russian mountaineer Natalia Nagovitsyna broke her leg. She spent more than a week at over 7,000 meters while Italian mountaineer Luca Sinigaglia died after coming to her aid. A helicopter crash later, the tragedy unfolded, and no one would ever see Natalia alive again—she who had refused to abandon her husband until his death four years earlier on neighboring Khan Tengri. Two Iranians also died on the most feared mountain in the Tien Shan range. A story by Anna Piunova.
https://alpinemag.com/tragedy-pobeda-peak-four-deaths-failed-rescue-mission-natalia-nagovitsyna/