Protect the Andes Cordillera!
There is growing concern in San Fabián, Ñuble Region, Chile. The real estate company Genau Green is parcelling up the cordillera, fragmenting …
Save our glaciers!
The pictures about the gigantic construction work on the Theodul glacier in Zermatt have shocked the outdoor community. In view of the …
Massive mobilisation for Anayet Nature Park in the Pyrenees
Canal Roya, located in the Aragon’s Pyrenees, on the border between France and Spain, is a beautiful valley of glacial origin, virtually …
Mountain Liaison Officers
by Muhammad Afzel Scherazi A Mountain Liaison Officer is an officer seconded to a foreign mountaineering expedition visiting the Greater Himalayas for …
Mont Blanc is neither a stadium nor an airport!
On 8 and 9 July, an Italian athlete attempted a record that took him from Genoa to the summit of Mont Blanc …
Vested interests and the criminalisation of environmental defenders
“All over the world the positive achievements of human rights defenders too often go unrecognised. Defenders are targeted because they confront powerful …
The 2026 Winter Olympics: Doom or Boon or Doom and Gloom?
Ever since the Olympics were awarded by the IOC to Milan and Cortina, Mountain Wilderness has always maintained that all promises of …
Climate change and the ski industry
July came with good news: the referendum in St. Leonhard im Pitztal (Tyrol, Austria) put an end to the planned Pitztal-Ötztal expansion, …
No more scrap metal, no more new via ferratas
What are via ferratas and equipped mountain routes? A via ferrata is a route on a mountain face equipped with steel cables, …
Marmolada glacier collapse: a climate warning
Sunday’s disaster on the Marmolada glacier is one example of Italy’s climate risk. Italy is suffering through a series of heat waves, …