Walk over petrified lava rivers, stay in Cappadocian caves, explore underground cities, get pulses pumping on via ferrata, or just ply your kids with Italian gelato. With summer holidays here, we look at some of Europe’s top places for family-friendly trekking. Read more »
You’ve got the right gear and a bit of background knowledge – but how do you actually go about tackling via ferrata? In this, the third and final article in our series, Ian Fenton and Dan Middleton offer up their top tips. Read more »
The winning combination of new “iron ways” being put up across the Alpine regions, and modern equipment means that more people are having a go at via ferrata each year. In the second part of this series, we look at the gear you’ll need to get started. Read more »
Historically, via ferrata have been often underrated and misunderstood – but hill folk are beginning to wake up to just how much fun this sidelined sport can be. Ian Fenton and Dan Middleton look at what you need to know to get some ironing done this summer. Read more »
Chamonix-based alpinists Jeff Mercier and Korra Pesce have climbed a remarkable ice/mixed route up the famous northwest face of the Sass Pordoi (2,952m) in the Sella Group, Dolomites. Read more »
Swiss climber Roger Schaeli, accompanied by 22-year-old Gian Sebregondi, has made a one-day redpoint ascent of the legendary Zauberlehrling (Sorcerer's Apprentice) on Cima Scotoni. Read more »
Three separate parties have recently made top standard free ascents on the great walls of the Tre Cime di Lavaredo in the Italian Dolomites Read more »
Confirming that the Dolomites are still very far from worked out, Manuel Stuflesser and Norbert Weiss have put up a fine new route on one of the region's most popular formations, the Second Sella Tower. Read more »
Austrian Hansjörg Auer has recently been highly active in the Dolomites, completing a hard new line on the legendary Sass dia Crusc and the first on-sight of one of the Marmolada's finest. Read more »
Do you crave big trad climbs? Do you want something that gives a real mountain day out, combining a sense of history, climbing variety and ever-changing vistas, yet all at the amenable grade of VS? If so, look no further - Craig Cook has the answer. Read more »
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