Rock and Ice climbing

  • Catching up the cold for warm up

       The winter of 2015 in Armenia is again not that cold for ice climbing, but we bought the short gap.

     
  • “Macedonskiy” 6b, 40m FA trad

    The basalt crag above village Bjni, where during early eighties they organized Soviet Union rock climbing championships, is still desired trad climbing cliff just 32km from Yerevan.

     
  • First multi pitch class of AMSNS

       As the Up The Rocks club transformed into Armenian Mountaineering and Skiing National School, we started organizing multi-pitch climbing classes for young climbers. 

     
  • Yosemite / Black Canyon, US trip_N3

      Third year in a row traveling to the American West from the other side of the world for rock climbing, expectations and the outcome.  

     

Mountaineering and Backcountry skiing

  • Andranik Miribyan's free solo climb in Chaukhi Mountains (VIDEO)

    Up The Rocks member Andranik Miribyan free solo climbed an alpine route in Chaukhi massive of Greater Caucasus Range, Georgia.

     
  • Ski Season 2023


       Like in the Alps and Caucasus, the snow conditions were poor in Armenia as well during past winter months. In Aspen though, where I spent skiing and teaching for the ski school there, it was a decent early season and very good snow throughout the seasonThen came the long awaited March to guide for ski touring in Armenia.

     
  • Heli-skiing in Armenia

    On March 17-24, the program of heli-skiing in Armenia runs with sunny weather and good snow. 

     
  • Filming the ski tour in Armenia

    In the scope of a workshop for development of incoming tourism to Armenia, Yves Exbrayat, Christophe Raylat from Grenoble, Manu Armand and Julie Lebeurre from Chamonix where our guests.

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