Mountain Festival – Kolašin 2017 is a sporting as well as a tourist event, carefully modeled after similar events held worldwide. The rich program of the Festival is focused on promoting mountaineering, sport culture, healthy lifestyles, and also natural and tourist potentials of Kolašin and the surrounding mountains. The Festival is composed of several events […]
Mountaineering Association of Montenegro is proud to celebrate 66th anniversary & announce International Photo Award Contest 2017 “The Mountains of Montenegro” Mission We are delighted to announce the international contest “The Mountains of Montenegro” rewards photographers for the best single exposure pictures contributing to the 66th Anniversary of Mountaineering Association of Montenegro. We call upon […]
The Alpine Association of Slovenia and the Ljubljana Faculty of Medicine become honorary patrons of a Nepalese health clinic Author: Matej Ogorevc On 28 November 2016, the Alpine Association of Slovenia and the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, signed an agreement in which they undertake to monitor the operation of the medical clinic in […]
Sherpa the winner of 11th Festival Gorniškega Filma, award for Slovenian film Ama Dablam Author: Manca Čujež Australian-Nepali film Sherpa – Trouble on Everest, which presents the problem of commercial mountaineering in the Himalayas, is the winner of the 11th Slovenian Mountain Film Festival, which took place between 20. and 26. February 2017 in Ljubljana, […]
Andrej Štremfelj Awarded Lifetime Achievement in Alpinism Author: Matej Ogorevc Each year, the Alpine Association of Slovenia dedicates the alpinism and climbing evening to honour the outstanding achievements in alpine, rock and ice climbing, as well as ski mountaineering, which contributes to greater recognition of these sports in media. This year, the lifetime achievement in […]
Already 47 Environmentally and Family Friendly Mountain Huts in Slovenia Author: Manca Čujež Slovenian alpine clubs manage 179 mountain huts, shelters and bivouacs, of which 164 are staffed. As an incentive to lower harmful impact on mountain nature and to attract families to visit, the Alpine Association of Slovenia has followed the example of the […]
BALKAN MOUNTAINEERING EXPEDITION MONT BLANC (4.807m) – FRANCE 28. 07. – 06. 08. 2017. The organizer of climbing Mont Blanc: is Mountainеering Аssociation of Serbia ( MAS) and Mountaineering Club (MC) “Pobeda” – Belgrade. Responsible guide leader is Matković Vladislav, mountain guide. Other Mountain Guides: Stepanović Zoran, Marinović Bobiša, Kovljenić Zoran BojanDulejan Status: Climbing Mont […]
Mountaineering Competition Youth and Mountains Author: Manca Čujež The Youth Commission of the Alpine Association of Slovenia has been, for almost three decades now, organizing the Youth and Mountains competition, the most established Slovenian mountaineering competition for youth, which tests their knowledge, skills and experience pertaining to all areas and forms of mountaineering activities. The […]
Climbing for everybody initially in Czech Republic Author: Manca Čujež Climbing for everybody is a three-year-project, co-funded by European Commission, programme Erasmus+: Sport, Youth and EU Aid Volunteers. It is being implemented in partnership of six European alpine associations: Czech, Croatian, Hungarian, Italian, Slovak and Slovenian. The initial mountain week was organized by Český horolezecký […]
Winter cabin on Mount Kanin The research for the Cabin was initiated by OFIS arhitekti and CBD structural engineers in collaboration with Alpine Association of Slovenia, Alpine club Bovec, Speleological Association of Slovenia, Mountain Rescue Association of Slovenia and Ortar& Jerman to develop self-contained wooden shelter, which resist extreme conditions on top of the mountain. […]
