American Alpine Club now accepting applications for six grants

Derek Franz / Posted October 13, 2021

President Biden signs proclamations to restore Bears Ears, Grand Staircase-Escalante and Seamounts Marine national monuments

Derek Franz / Posted October 8, 2021

Young Spanish team establishes Big Fighter, a 740-meter route on Chaupi Huanca, Peru

Chris Kalman / Posted September 7, 2021

Christoph Schranz establishes a 300-meter 8c (5.14b), ground up, in the Tyrolean Alps

Chris Kalman / Posted September 2, 2021

Women, girls involved with Ascend program in Afghanistan are threatened by Taliban rule

Derek Franz / Posted August 24, 2021

Vitaliy Musiyenko completes 32-mile Goliath Traverse in High Sierra

Chris Kalman / Posted August 19, 2021

A season of spontaneous commitment in the Alaska Range

Mike Gardner / Posted August 9, 2021

US-Colombian trio complete a new route on Peru's Concha de Caracol (5640m)

Derek Franz / Posted July 23, 2021

Chantel Astorga completes first female solo of Denali's Cassin Ridge in 14 hours, 39 minutes

Skiy DeTray / Posted June 30, 2021

Marek Holecek and Radoslav Groh endure an epic to complete a new route on Baruntse

Derek Franz / Posted June 29, 2021

Ryan Driscoll, Justin Guarino and Nick Aiello-Popeo Send The Medusa Face on Mt. Neacola

Chris Kalman / Posted May 18, 2021

Brette Harrington and Dylan Cunningham Make the First Ascent of the Northeast Face of Mt. Niblock in Banff National Park

Chris Kalman / Posted May 14, 2021

Arizonan Trad Testpiece East Coast Fist Bump (5.14a) Gets First Recorded Female and First Recorded Trans Ascents

Chris Kalman / Posted May 7, 2021

Cerro Huinay (1430m) in Chilean Patagonia Gets First Ascent

Chris Kalman / Posted April 29, 2021

Alpinist partners with Korean publisher to launch Alpinist Korea

Alpinist Staff / Posted April 28, 2021

American Alpine Club announces Catalyst Grant for BIPOC and LBGTQIA+ people

Derek Franz / Posted April 22, 2021

American Alpine Club moves forward with its Climb United Initiative with a public forum April 21

Derek Franz / Posted April 16, 2021

Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll and Jon Griffin complete big (and wide) new line on Fitz Roy

Derek Franz / Posted March 12, 2021

American Alpine Club announces 2021 Cutting Edge Grant winners

Derek Franz / Posted March 5, 2021

2021 Grit and Rock Award recipients announced

Derek Franz / Posted February 24, 2021

Lor Sabourin sends five-pitch trad route Cousin of Death (5.13+)

Lor Sabourin and Chris Kalman / Posted February 19, 2021

Interview with Sean Villanueva O'Driscoll about his solo traverse of Patagonia's Fitz Roy massif (the Moonwalk Traverse)

Derek Franz / Posted February 15, 2021

JP Mohr Prieto, Muhammad Ali Sadpara and John Snorri are missing, presumed dead on K2

Derek Franz / Posted February 9, 2021

Remembering Cesare Maestri (1929-2021)

Derek Franz / Posted January 28, 2021

American Alpine Club's 2021 Benefit Gala and Awards will be a free virtual event

Derek Franz / Posted January 26, 2021