The Matterhorn under siege
Upper Valais members of paliament do not contest the federal inventory of lands (FIL), but react against decisions made without consulting the …
What’s going on in Helbronner
A complaint was filed with the Office of the Prosecutor of the Republic by Mountain Wilderness Italy denouncing irregularities in …
News from the Mont–Blanc
Due to the extremely bad weather conditions during the last few weeks the safety commission which is expected to give the green …
How will the roof of Europe look like in 100 years?
This is the question that the online atlas of Mont Blanc claims to answer by scrutinizing the impact of climate change on …
Such a great loss for us
The little fairy Stefania Benuzzi died on 12 May, 2013. She was the memory of MWI, often working behind the curtain, expressing …
Wilderness Award of Mountain Wilderness Switzerland
Every second year, Mountain Wilderness Switzerland is awarding a prize for attainments in wilderness conservation and for a wilderness-like experience by fair …
Call to alpinists and mountaineering schools
After a few years of absence, Mountain Wilderness is back in Asia, with a program of considerable importance and of great prestige, …
After Walter Bonatti (2009), Reinhold Messner (2010), Doug Scott (2011) and Robert Paragot (2012), the fifth Piolets d’Or lifetime achievement award has been bestowed on Austrian mountaineer Kurt Diemberger.
Kurt Diemberger, born on March 16, 1932 in Austria) is an accomplished Austrian mountainer, an author of several books and a high …
News from Mont-Blanc Environmentalists
proMONT-BLANC the umbrella structure or more than 20 associations across France, Italy and Switzerland has recently launched a quarterly newsletter. For more …
Mountain Wilderness Executive Committee Meeting
During the April 6-7 weekend the MWI Executive Committee met in Piani dei Resinelli, near Lecco, capital of the eponymous province, with …