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Ski-touring review 2016/17
Winter 2016/17 was a season for joy and exploration of new ski touring areas and tracks in Armenia and Georgia.
Rock Us in the Caucasus - Georgia
Here is the second part of the project “Rock Us in the Caucasus 2015”, which was held in Chaukhi mountains and Mt. Kazbeg in Georgia.
From Indian Creek to El Capitan, Yosemite. 2017
It is hard to stop going to Indian Creek and Yosemite once you have experienced that already. There are so many climbs to do and the local climbing culture itself makes you feel like you will be missing something if not to go these places even once in a season.
Rock Us in the Caucasus - Armenia
Rumors about this amazing program of rock climbing and mountaineering in Armenia and Georgia had been started in between American Alpine Club and Alpine Club of Iran years ago, in 2011..
American Mountain West tour 2016
The dreams seems to be really powerful. How else would you describe your first climbing trip in US, where Jim Donini drives you to Yosemite, Indian Creek, Red Rocks, Black Canyon and Eldorado canyon..?
With Jacob Balzani Lööv
Jacob Balzani Loov an Italian photographer and journalist visited Armenia for the work, and at once appeared to our climbing circle to fill his weekends with a joy.
Rock and Ice climbing
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Revival WI4, 33m
Our coolest friend, Hayk Barseghyan, had found this amazing part of Akhuryan gorge a long ago, and recently he guessed that it can become into ice climbing paradise in Armenia pretty much recently..
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“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. -
Catching up the cold for warm up
The winter of 2015 in Armenia is again not that cold for ice tool picks, but you must be ready to skip your office in any week day that it goes under -5c if you don’t like to miss ice climbing in the season.
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Dancing the vertical and horizontal lines of Armenia
Before reading an article in Rock & Ice and watching Sam Bie’s excellent film on Armenian climbing, we virtually knew nothing about this little land locked country, except for the genocide and their world famous wrestlers.
Mountaineering and Backcountry skiing
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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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"Luciamore" FA, V+ max, 430m
On cold November 22, with Dani and Lucia I finally went to the Granite Circus, which they had discovered a year ago.
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French Ski-tour in Armenia
From Feb 25 to March 5, a French group was hosted by Up The Rocks for ski-touring program in Armenia.
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Another great skiing with nice crew!
It's March 2, but the weather is quite warm already for this time of a year, skiers' must have been driven into depression, but some just go and check the snow!
Armenian Alpine Club
8/38 Margaryan str., 0036 Yerevan, Republic of Armenia
Tel: +374-93-337-937, +374-93-318-006.
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