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UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup and North American Championships - Edmonton, Canada
2025-02-27 - 2025-03-01
The final round of the UIAA Ice Climbing World Cup season will be held in Edmonton, Canada from 27 February – 1 March. It is the second time Edmonton hosts a UIAA competition following on from last year’s World Championships.
The UIAA will offer livestreaming from the competition which will crown the World Tour winners in the lead and speed disciplines. This after five World Cup rounds on three continents.
The event is organised in collaboration with the Alpine Club of Canada (ACC).
Full details here.

UIAA Mountain Protection Commission meeting
2025-03-04 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
The UIAA Mountain Protection Commission will hold its second online meeting of 2025 on Tuesday 4 March from 15:00-17:00 CET.
The meeting will be held online.
For any questions please contact mountainprotection@theuiaa.org

UIAA Management Board Meeting
2025-03-08 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
The UIAA Management Board will host its first meeting of 2025 on Saturday 8 March.
The meeting will be held online from 13:00 – 16:00 CET.
The draft agenda can be found here.
For further details please contact the UIAA Office.

World Day for Glaciers
2025-03-21
Introducing the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation (IYGP) 2025

The United Nations declared 2025 as the International Year of Glaciers’ Preservation, accompanied by the proclamation of the 21st March of each year as the World Day for Glaciers starting in 2025. This is an opportunity to raise global awareness about the critical role of glaciers, snow and ice in the climate system and the hydrological cycle, and the economic, social and environmental impacts of the impending changes in the Earth’s cryosphere.
Further information here.

The UIAA is marking the lead up to 21 March with a dedicated glacier series on its social media channels.

UIAA Commission Presidents' Meeting
2025-03-26 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Zurich)
The first dedicated meeting of the UIAA Commission Presidents in 2025 will be held on Wednesday 26 March.
The meeting will be held online from 13:00 – 14:30 CET.
For further details please contact the UIAA Office.

UIAA Safety Commission World Congress
2025-04-13 - 2025-04-17
The UIAA Safety Commission will host a UIAA Safety Commission World Congress from Sunday 13 April to Thursday 17 April. As part of the event, SafeCom will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its existence as a UIAA Commission.
The event will take place in Chamonix, France and comprises SafeCom internal and plenary meetings, working group meetings, a re(bolting) workshop, public conferences as well as other events to be organised with co-hosts FFCAM (la Fédération française des clubs alpins et de montagne) and ENSA (National School of Skiing and Mountaineering)
Perhaps most significantly there will be two public events, under the guise ‘UIAA SafeCom World Congress’ on the evening of Tuesday 15 April and Wednesday 16 April. These are being organised in close collaboration with ENSM, National School of Skiing and Mountaineering of France (Ecole Nationale des Sports de Montagne), and will take place at ENSA’s (Ecole Nationale de Ski et d’Alpinisme) HQ.
Across both evenings there will be a presentation of the UIAA’s work and heritage in climber safety as well as contributions from ENSA and from FFCAM, la Fédération française des clubs alpins et de montagne, a founder member of the UIAA and a close supporter of the event. The centrepiece of both evenings will be round table discussions led by UIAA Safety Commission President Lionel Kiener.
The themes of the two evenings are:
15 April, 20:00: Climbing-mountaineering and equipment innovation: a common evolution?
Speakers: Michel Beal, CEO Beal, Denis Pivot, CAMP/CEN Commission President, Alain Maurice, Head of Bureau d’étude at Petzl, Jean-Franck Charlet, professor at ENSA, former UIAA SafeCom President and SafeCom Honorary Member
16 April, 20:00: UIAA and EN standards history, research, updates and future developments
Speakers: Denis Pivot, CAMP/CEN Commission President, Jean-Franck Charlet, professor at ENSA, former UIAA SafeCom President and SafeCom Honorary Member, Marco Bonaiti, CEO Kong, Julia Janotte, DAV (German Alpine Club) Sicherheitforschung (Safety Research Centre/DAV)
To help manage entry numbers, anyone wishing to attend is welcome to express their interest by completing the following form.
Public conferences address: 35 Rte du Bouchet, 74400 Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France
**La version française**
Further Information
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Press Release (English)

UIAA Executive Committee Meeting
2025-04-15 12:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Zurich)
The fourth UIAA Executive Committee meeting of 2025 will be held online on Tuesday 15 April.
The meeting will take place from 12:00-14:30 CET.
For further details please contact the UIAA Office.

Gunks Rock Weekend
2025-04-25 - 2025-04-28
The 8th annual Gunks Rock Weekend takes places from 25-28 April 2025. The event is held in the Shawangunk Mountains, USA. The Gunks (short for Shawangunks) is located near New Paltz, NY, and about 85 miles from the NYC metropolitan area.
Climbers can choose from multiple clinics on all the skills and techniques needed to get out on rock – from basic skills with top-roping, leading and multi-pitch climbs.
Any basic gear needed will be provided by the organisers – helmets, harnesses, and rock shoes.
The full schedule can be found here.
The event is organised by Alpine Endeavors.
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This event has been selected as one of the profiled Rock Climbing festivals approved to appear on the UIAA’s annual calendar of rock climbing festivals worldwide. A dedicated website page about the UIAA’s work in rock climbing will be available shortly.

UIAA Spring Meetings 2025
2025-05-09 - 2025-05-10
The UIAA spring meetings will be held online and from the UIAA HQ in Bern, Switzerland.
9 May: Commission Presidents & Management Board. 1300-1600 CET. Agenda.10 May: Management Board Executive Session. 1000-1200 CET (Ice Climbing) / 1300-1600 CET. Agenda.
For further information please contact the UIAA Office.

IFMGA Technical Meeting
2025-05-19 - 2025-05-23
The International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations will host its annual Technical Meeting from 19-23 May in Arco, Italy.
Further details will be available on the IFMGA website.

Annot a Bloc
2025-05-24 - 2025-05-25
The annual Annot a Block Rock Festival, Pays des Grès, France, will take place from 24-25 May.
This meet has been held since 2011.
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This event has been selected as one of the profiled Rock Climbing festivals approved to appear on the UIAA’s annual calendar of rock climbing festivals worldwide. A dedicated website page about the UIAA’s work in rock climbing will be available shortly.

UIAA Member Federation Update
2025-05-24 13:00 - 15:00 UTC
The UIAA will host two member federation online meetings in 2025. These meetings are designed to provide members with an informal update about UIAA activities and provide an opportunity to members to raise topics and questions. The first meeting will be held on Saturday 24 May, 13:00-15:00 CEST.
The agenda will be released in due course.

UIAA Mountain Protection Commission meeting
2025-05-27 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
The UIAA Mountain Protection Commission will hold its third online meeting of 2025 on Tuesday 27 May from 15:00-17:00 CET.
The meeting will be held online.
For any questions please contact mountainprotection@theuiaa.org

Outdoormix Festival
2025-06-06 - 2025-06-09
The Outdoormix Festival 2025 will take place from 6-9 June in Embron, Haute Alpes, France.
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This event has been selected as one of the profiled Rock Climbing festivals approved to appear on the UIAA’s annual calendar of rock climbing festivals worldwide. A dedicated website page about the UIAA’s work in rock climbing will be available shortly.

Climb Namibia Festival
2025-06-06 - 2025-06-15
The 2nd edition of the Climb Angola Festival will be held over nine days in Serra da Leba from 6-15 June. And this year, they are collaborating with the community in Namibia for a full month of climbing extravaganza.
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This event has been selected as one of the profiled Rock Climbing festivals approved to appear on the UIAA’s annual calendar of rock climbing festivals worldwide. A dedicated website page about the UIAA’s work in rock climbing will be available shortly.

Oh My Bloc 2025
2025-06-14 - 2025-06-15
Oh My Bloc is a bouldering festival, held in Milly-la-Forêt (France), aiming to inform and educate climbers who are as passionate as we are about climbing in an environmentally-friendly way. We’re delighted that the passion for bouldering is contagious, and in a magical forest, we have to adapt our gym routines to a shared and fragile natural environment.

There will be rock climbing in a natural environment, of course, with adult and children’s competitions and introductory courses. There will also be a magnificent final on our newly-covered bouldering wall. And there will be round tables (environment and climbing, training versus well-being, safety in the forest), documentary resources, a photo exhibition, an exhibitors’ village, hold carving, a nature tour, a forest reading… and above all plenty to eat, drink and party about.

The 2025 event will take place from 14-15 June.
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This event has been selected as one of the profiled Rock Climbing festivals approved to appear on the UIAA’s annual calendar of rock climbing festivals worldwide. A dedicated website page about the UIAA’s work in rock climbing will be available shortly.

UIAA Executive Committee Meeting
2025-06-17 12:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Zurich)
The latest UIAA Executive Committee meeting of 2025 will be held online on Tuesday 17 June.
The meeting will take place from 12:00-14:30 CET.
For further details please contact the UIAA Office.

Hvar Climbing Festival
2025-06-19 - 2025-06-22
The Hvar Climbing Festival in Croatia will be held from 19-22 June.
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This event has been selected as one of the profiled Rock Climbing festivals approved to appear on the UIAA’s annual calendar of rock climbing festivals worldwide. A dedicated website page about the UIAA’s work in rock climbing will be available shortly.

Base Camp Festival
2025-07-04 - 2025-07-07
Welcome to the UK’s’ friendliest outdoors festival’. The 2025 edition will be held from 4-7 July.

Come and share your love of the outdoors with other like-minded folk at Base Camp Festival 2025 – the small and friendly festival for over-18s. Located in a very special corner of the Lake District, the festival site provides the perfect base for exploring the surrounding fells and crags, accessing the pristine waters of Buttermere, and enjoying the friendly atmosphere and numerous talks, films, workshops, music and other activities we have on-site.

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This event has been selected as one of the profiled Rock Climbing festivals approved to appear on the UIAA’s annual calendar of rock climbing festivals worldwide. A dedicated website page about the UIAA’s work in rock climbing will be available shortly.

Mountaineering Ireland Summer Alpine Meet
2025-07-05 - 2025-07-19
The location for the Mountaineering Ireland Summer Alpine Meet this year is Argentière, Chamonix, France. This region is perfectly suited to trekking, hiking, climbing and mountaineering, as well as many other outdoor activities.
This Meet is for walkers, rock climbers, and mountaineers of all ages and abilities. It is a wonderful opportunity for all Mountaineering Ireland members, new and old to meet established friends and make new ones, go walking, mountaineering and climbing in some of France’s most beautiful scenery. The purpose is to gather like-minded people together in an alpine area where they can walk, rock climb, boulder and climb snow covered and rocky alpine peaks. The main emphasis of the meet is to have fun!
Closing date for booking is 30 April 2025.
There is a 10% reduction on some courses booked before 30th March 2025.
There is a 10% reduction on some youth (age 18 – 26) courses booked before 30th April 2025.
For further information and to help you decide which course is right for you, please see the Alpine Meet 2025 Information Pack on our website. You can also find a recording of our information evening, a gear list and a booking form here. Please remember not to book flights or accommodation until your course is confirmed. If you are having any difficulty deciding on the course for you, or if you require any further information or advice, please contact the training administrator julie@mountaineering.ie or training officer Jane on jane@mountaineering.ie .
The course is supported by UIAGM Guides who instruct the Alpine Courses.

International Climbers Festival
2025-07-10 - 2025-07-13
Presented by Landers local climbing organization, WyoClimbers, is the longest running climbers’ festival in the United States!! Since its inception in 1994, the Fest has always been about celebrating the local climbing and connecting the climbing community at large. The organisers believe in making the ICF accessible to ALL climbers, regardless of your experience, the grades you climb, what your background is, etc. At WyoClimbers’ International Climbers’ Festival, they strive to make it a welcoming space for all.
The 2025 edition will be held from 10-13 July.

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This event has been selected as one of the profiled Rock Climbing festivals approved to appear on the UIAA’s annual calendar of rock climbing festivals worldwide. A dedicated website page about the UIAA’s work in rock climbing will be available shortly.

UIAA Executive Committee Meeting
2025-07-15 12:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Zurich)
The latest UIAA Executive Committee meeting of 2025 will be held online on Tuesday 15 July.
The meeting will take place from 12:00-14:30 CET.
For further details please contact the UIAA Office.

Tout à Bloc
2025-07-21 - 2025-07-26
Tout à Blocs is the must-do bouldering competition of the summer.
21-26 July 2025 | l’Argentière la Bessée – Hautes Alpes.
An unique concept, mixing amateur and pro, offering high quality and climbing time. Sharing and conviviality are the key words.
Program of this edition:
Open International (Prize money : 2000 € vainqueur)
Micro TAB will have two complete day !!
Meeting on natural rock in Ailefroide
Contest loisirs U20/senior/vétéran (for unlicencied)
Animations, concerts, finals how by night, initiations !!!
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This event has been selected as one of the profiled Rock Climbing festivals approved to appear on the UIAA’s annual calendar of rock climbing festivals worldwide. A dedicated website page about the UIAA’s work in rock climbing will be available shortly.

International Skyrunning Federation: 2025 General Assembly
2025-08-02
The International Skyrunning Federation (ISF) will host its annual General Assembly on 2 August, 2025.
It will take part as part of the annual Youth Skyrunning World Championships which were introduced in 2016. The ninth edition will take place in L’Aquila, Italy, from 1-3 August, 2025. Four categories, Youth A (15-16), Youth B (17-18), Youth C (19-20) and U23 (21-23) will compete for the 75 medals at stake and individual and combined titles.

SLCA Climbing Festival
2025-08-23 - 2025-08-24
The 12th edition of the Salt Lake Climbers Alliance (SLCA) Festival will be held on 23 August.
Proceeds make a positive impact and fund fixed anchor maintenance, climbing access trail improvements, and advocacy work to keep climbing areas open in the Wasatch.
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This event has been selected as one of the profiled Rock Climbing festivals approved to appear on the UIAA’s annual calendar of rock climbing festivals worldwide. A dedicated website page about the UIAA’s work in rock climbing will be available shortly.

Suru Fest
2025-08-25 - 2025-09-07
The 2025 edition of the Suru Fest, winner of the 2019 UIAA Rock Climbing Festival Award, will be held in Ladakh, India from 25 August – 7 September.
Website
The event in numbers:

1000+ Attendees
9th Edition
25+ countries represented
8 outdoor sports categories
500+ boulder problems developed
12 downhill MTB lines
200m+ highline sent (an Indian record)

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This event has been selected as one of the profiled Rock Climbing festivals approved to appear on the UIAA’s annual calendar of rock climbing festivals worldwide. A dedicated website page about the UIAA’s work in rock climbing will be available shortly.

UIAA Management Board Meeting
2025-08-30 13:00 - 16:00 (Europe/Zurich)
The UIAA Management Board will host its third meeting of 2025 on Saturday 30 August.
The meeting will be held online from 13:00 – 16:00 CET.
For further details please contact the UIAA Office.

BMC Gower Festival
2025-09-05 - 2025-09-07
The BMC Gower Festival is an annual event. The 2025 edition takes place from 5-7 September. The new venue is at a Scout Centre nearer to Swansea. This is a family event.
Services: Pick up supplies on the way in past Swansea or while out in Gower during the day. Food stalls and bar available on the festival site, together with gear stalls.
Accommodation: Camping (space for tents and camper vans, though these get booked quite quickly). Other campsites available if you don’t want to stay on the festival site.
Food: Self-catering or buy at festival food stalls. Pubs and restaurants near climbing venues.
Transport: Probably cars. Nearest train station is Swansea.
Itinerary: Arrive on Friday to climb if agreed. Otherwise meet the festival site on Friday evening. Climbing on Saturday, and on Sunday for those not in a hurry to get home. Some free courses will be on offer. For example, Jim and I did a good self-rescue session on our last visit.
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This event has been selected as one of the profiled Rock Climbing festivals approved to appear on the UIAA’s annual calendar of rock climbing festivals worldwide. A dedicated website page about the UIAA’s work in rock climbing will be available shortly.

UIAA Commission Presidents' Meeting
2025-09-10 13:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Zurich)
A dedicated meeting of the UIAA Commission Presidents will be held on Wednesday 10 September.
The meeting will be held online from 13:00 – 14:30 CET.
For further details please contact the UIAA Office.

International Mountain Conference
2025-09-14 - 2025-09-18
The UIAA will attend the International Mountain Conference – IMC – will take places from 14-18 September in Innsbruck, Austria.
#IMC builds upon the previous mountain conferences and aims to continue this scientific conference series exclusively targeted towards mountain-research. Hosted in the Alps, #IMC provides an excellent opportunity for experts from different disciplines to discuss mountain-related issues in a cross-disciplinary setting with flexible session formats. The key goals of the conference are to synthesize and enhance our understanding of mountain systems, in particular their response and resilience to global change.
Further details here.
