All interested athletes of all national mountaineering associations have the right to participate in the competition. All participants are entitled to win prizes based on placement. Balkan championship standing results will be made only from a participant from BMU member’s associations. DATE: 16 – 18 September 2022 LOCATION: Niševac gorge (near the village Niševac). Distance […]
Balkan Mountaineering Union 2022 Mount Ağrı Expedition 27 August 01 September 2022 Introduction Turkey’s highest mountain Ararat (Ağrı), has a legendary status due to its geologic location and the fact that it is believed to have been the final resting place of Noah’s Ark. This peak, mentioned in the Bible, has several names in different […]
We invite you to the event Lovćen 2022 Mountain Festival, which will be held 24-26. June 2022, in front of the resort of the Public Institution “Lovćen-Bečići” in Ivanova Korita. This famous Montenegrin place is located at 1200-1250 m above sea level in the NP “Lovćen” and is 14 km away from the capital Cetinje. […]
Balkan Mountain Union 23 General Assembly 2022 April 29th, 2022, Skopje, North Macedonia The BMU 23 GA meeting took place in Skopje, North Macedonia organized and hosted by the Mountaineering Federation of North Macedonia attended by 22 delegates from 11 countries (N. Macedonia, Slovenia, BiH, Croatia, Turkey, Montenegro, Greece, Albania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Czech Republic) The […]
Mount Ararat (5137m) is the highest peak in Turkey. It is a volcanic mountain made up of basalt, which changes to andesite lava around 4000 m. At the summit there is a glacier, and on the eastern slope is the Serdarbulak ridge, with Kucuk (Little) Ararat at 3896m. The height of Mount Ararat, along with […]
Mountaineering Federation of North Macedonia (FPSM) will host and organize the UIAA, EUMA, BMU 2022 SPRING MEETINGS. The meetings will take a place in Skopje, North Macedonia in a period of April 29th – May 3th, 2022. It is a great honor for our Federation to organize the event and host all the guests in […]
An international jury consists of members of Mountaineering Assotiations of TDF (Turkye), PSBiH (Bosnia and Hercegovina), PSCG (Montenegro) and FPSM (North Macedonia) after reviewing of all 180 submitted photos has decided: I place photo No 57, author Ivan Bukvić / CV Ivan Bukvić II place photo No 152, author Radojko Bosković / CV Radojko Bošković III […]
MOUNTAINEERING LEXICON Since August, the mountaineering lexicon has been available on the website of the Croatian Mountaineering Association, with over 700 different terms used in mountaineering. The creator of this valuable work is the Commission for Promotion and Publishing of HPS in cooperation with the Commissions for Education, Hiking Trails, Mountaineering Facilities, Nature Protection, Speleology […]
Between 28 and 30 October 2021 Slovenian alpinists Nejc Marčič and Luka Stražar have succeeded in making the first ascent on a new 1700m route on the north-west face of Mount Chobutse (6680 m) above the Rolwaling Valley in Nepal, which they named Slovenian Direct. Top Slovenian alpinists Luka Stražar and Nejc Marčič made an […]
