Climbing legend Jim 'the Bird' Bridwell dies at age 73

Derek Franz / Posted February 16, 2018

2018 Grit and Rock First Ascent Award recipients announced

Derek Franz / Posted February 15, 2018

Elisabeth Revol rescued and Tomek Mackiewicz presumed dead on Nanga Parbat

Derek Franz / Posted January 31, 2018

Elizabeth Hawley Remembered

Bernadette McDonald / Posted January 30, 2018

American Alpine Club announces recipients for Cutting Edge Grants

Derek Franz / Posted January 22, 2018

Application period opens for inaugural Kyle Dempster Solo Adventure Award

Derek Franz / Posted January 15, 2018

Good conditions result in new winter ascents of Slesse's Navigator Wall and satellite peaks

Derek Franz / Posted January 12, 2018

American Alpine Club announces 2018 Climbing Awards, Annual Benefit Dinner

Alpinist Staff / Posted January 10, 2018

Tino Villanueva and Alan Rousseau establish The T&A Show on Rungofarka

Alan Rousseau / Posted January 9, 2018

Larcher and Zangerl make a rare free ascent of El Cap's Magic Mushroom (5.14a) at the end of another busy season for the Big Stone

Derek Franz / Posted December 15, 2017

National legal fight begins after Trump alters Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante Monuments by more than half

Derek Franz / Posted December 10, 2017

Trump heading to Utah and is expected to reduce size of two national monuments

Derek Franz / Posted December 1, 2017

French team completes new route on Nuptse's south face

Derek Franz / Posted November 20, 2017

Women's expedition explores new routes in India's Zanskar Range

Anna Pfaff / Posted November 13, 2017

Registration open for American Alpine Club's Annual Benefit Dinner

Derek Franz / Posted November 4, 2017

World renowned alpinist and climbing pioneer Fred Beckey dies at age 94

Derek Franz / Posted November 3, 2017

Alpinist story by Nick Bullock named best 'Mountaineering Article' at Banff

Derek Franz / Posted October 16, 2017

Jesse Huey and Maury Birdwell free 'Original Sin' (V 5.12+, 1,800') on Wyoming's Mt. Hooker

Derek Franz / Posted October 6, 2017

Second, larger rockfall on El Capitan injures another person after first event resulted in one death and one injury

Derek Franz / Posted September 29, 2017

One killed and one injured after a series of rockfalls on El Capitan's Waterfall Route

Derek Franz / Posted September 28, 2017

Alpinist contributor Nick Bullock selected as a Banff finalist

Alpinist Staff / Posted September 27, 2017

Cole Taylor solos the second ascent of the North Pillar on Devils Thumb

Derek Franz / Posted September 27, 2017

Interior Secretary's review recommends shrinking at least four national monuments including Bears Ears

Derek Franz / Posted September 19, 2017

Three parties establish three new routes on Xanadu's west face

Derek Franz / Posted September 15, 2017

Alabamans 'Marooned at Midnight' for first ascent of an unclimbed wall on Baffin Island

Derek Franz / Posted September 7, 2017