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.

UIAA Executive Committee Meeting
2025-09-16 12:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Zurich)
The latest UIAA Executive Committee meeting of 2025 will be held online on Tuesday 16 September.
The meeting will take place from 12:00-14:30 CET.
For further details please contact the UIAA Office.

UIAA Executive Committee Meeting
2025-09-16 12:00 - 14:30 (Europe/Zurich)
The final UIAA Executive Committee meeting of 2025 will be held online on Tuesday 9 December.
The meeting will take place from 12:00-14:30 CET.
For further details please contact the UIAA Office.

UIAA Mountain Protection Commission meeting
2025-09-16 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
The UIAA Mountain Protection Commission will hold its fourth online meeting of 2025 on Tuesday 16 September from 15:00-17:00 CET.
The meeting will be hybrid event and take place as part of the International Mountains Conference in Innsbruck/Austria.
For any questions please contact mountainprotection@theuiaa.org

UIAA Member Federation Update
2025-09-20 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 second meeting will be held on Saturday 20 September, 13:00-15:00 CEST. One of the specific objectives of this session will be to provide UIAA members with updates ahead of the 2025 General Assembly.
The agenda can be found here.

Valle Orco Climbing Festival
2025-09-25 - 2025-09-28
The climbing event of Ceresole Reale is back, in Valle Orco, at the foothills of the Gran Paradiso National Park. The 2025 edition takes place from 25-28 September.
The event offers competition, conferences/talks, climbing for all levels, workshops and parties.
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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 Medical Commission meeting
2025-10-23
The UIAA Medical Commission will host a hybrid meeting from the UIAA General Assembly in Kosovo.
It will take place on Thursday 23 October.

UIAA General Assembly 2025
2025-10-23 - 2025-10-26
The 2025 UIAA General Assembly takes place from 23-26 October in Kosovo. The event will be hosted by the Kosovo Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation.
The annual UIAA General Assembly is the largest, and most important, gathering of UIAA member federations, commissions, representatives and partners. At the General Assembly, hosted by a national federation, key decisions are made concerning UIAA’s role, its activities and budget and elections are held.
Please visit the GA page for further details.
The programme for the GA is still under development. However the current outline is:

23 October: Arrivals & MB Meeting
24 October: GA Information Session & Climate Change Summit
25 October: GA Voting Session
25 & 26 October: Mountain Sports Symposium (details to follow) and GA Cultural Activities (optional)

2nd UIAA Mountain Sports Symposium
2025-10-25 - 2025-10-26
Together with the hosting association, the Kosovo Mountaineering and Sport Climbing Federation (FBNSK), the UIAA will hold a second edition of the Mountain Sports Symposium, from 25-26 October 2025, and running alongside its General Assembly.
The Symposium is targeted primarily at climbers and mountaineers, whether beginners or experts, from Kosovo and neighbouring countries in the Balkan region, who wish to explore mountain medicine and safety topics from an international perspective. The event is partnered by the Petzl Foundation.
After a successful inaugural event last April in Bariloche, Argentina where the UIAA Medical Commission together with experts on training, and safety topics imparted their knowledge and know-how during a three-day course, the UIAA was approached to hold a similar event in Kosovo and as part of its General Assembly programme.
Please register from the following link. The event is open to a maximum number of 70 participants, and on a first come, first served basis. Further details here.
The official website page for the event is here.
Photo credit: An image from the mountains in Kosovo. Photo credit: FBNSK

IFMGA General Assembly
2025-11-06 - 2025-11-08
The International Federation of Mountain Guide Associations will host its annual General Assembly from 6-8 November in Vienna, Austria.
Further details will be available on the IFMGA website.

Siurana Climbing Festival
2025-11-15 - 2025-11-17
Experience three days of activities and clinics led by athletes, mountain guides, instructors, climbing developers, photographers and equipment specialists, along with climbers from all over the world, to celebrate sport climbing in one of the most emblematic places.
The 2025 edition will take place from 15-17 November.
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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 Mountain Protection Commission meeting
2025-11-25 15:00 - 17:00 (Europe/Zurich)
The UIAA Mountain Protection Commission will hold its final online meeting of 2025 on Tuesday 27 November from 15:00-17:00 CET.
The meeting will be held online.
For any questions please contact mountainprotection@theuiaa.org
