As part of the regional cooperation, representatives of the Mountaineering Federation of North Macedonia (FPSM), headed by Prof. d-r Jovica Ugrinovski, President of FPSM, visited Kosovo mountaineering and climbing federation (FBAK) in Pristina. The representatives of both associations opened various topics concerning inter-associations and regional-associations cooperation, for the benefits of the whole mountaineering community. Topics: […]

Due to COVID situation, deadline for photo submission is prolonged till Oct.30,2021 Selection will be end of November 2021   International BMU Photo Award “The Soul of the Mountain” Mission We are delighted to announce the international photo contest “The Soul of the Mountain” for the best single exposure picture. We call upon you all […]

Reminder: September 30th to October 2nd 2016, the Pokljuka Plateau, with its vast expanses of forests, hosted the first International Mountaineering Orienteering Competition organized by the Youth Commission of the Alpine Association of Slovenia in cooperation with the Balkan Mountaineering Union. Twenty-one teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia competed in […]

UIAA full member, the Mountaineering Federation of North Macedonia (FPSM), with the support of the UIAA Access Working Group, wishes to share details of access restrictions imposed on climbers visiting the Galičica National Park. BACKGROUND The Galičica National Park is situated in the Galicica range and forms part of the mountain range of Shara-Pind. Due […]

The Publishing House of the Alpine Association of Slovenia has published a new guide book: Moderne večraztežajne smeri (Modern Multi-pitch Climbs) by Andrej Grmovšek and Viktor Relja. It’s the first of its kind in Slovenia and all the essential information is provided not only in Slovenian but also in English. Andrej Grmovšek and Viktor Relja […]

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  During the past 3 months through the Program for Development and Cooperation of the Czech Republic, and  Embassy of Czech Republic in Republic of North Macedonia,  is implementing a pilot project for marking hiking trails on Mount Vodno and a mountain bike trail on Skopska Crna Gora. On Mount Vodno includes some of the […]

Mountaineering Federation of North Macedonia (FPSM) has already established very good cooperation with the mountaineering and climbing federations of Albania and Kosovo in order to avoid disagreements in marking the border peaks. FPSM will extend this cooperation with both federations to choose appropriate signs and to mark the border peaks.

During 2019 the Mountaineering Federation of North Macedonia (FPSM) has undertaken the task to translate the Petzl Handbook “Alpine Skills: Summer” into Macedonian language (translator: Katica Garoska Acevska). During the translation of the Handbook, the need for revision of the Meteorology section emerged. Gligor Mitkovski, aviation meteorologist from North Macedonia, in collaboration with his colleagues […]

Mountain Guides Training organized by the Mountaineering Federation of North Macedonia (FPSM), in the frames of the UNDP Project “Improving the management of protected areas”.   Certified training of 27 female mountain guides September 3-7, 2020, Pelister National Park, North Macedonia   “It was a very hard Programme, the training was customized for the participants […]