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Mogilev opens a 17-metre outdoor climbing wall

Skalodrom Viktoriya, a 17-metre outdoor speed and lead wall at a Mogilev sports school, opened on 24 June 2026. BelTA calls it the tallest outdoor climbing wall in Belarus, and the public can now book climbing sessions there three days a week.

Joe Rushton

EventsAustria

Austria's 2026 climbing championships and the season ahead

Who won the 2026 Austrian bouldering, speed and lead titles, the highlights of Austria's international season, and the competitions still to come in the country's halls, from the autumn state championships to the World Climbing Series in Innsbruck in June 2027.

Joe Rushton

AdviceAustria

Do you need a Kletterschein to climb in Austria?

Austria's Alpine Club issues Kletterschein belay cards, but almost none of the halls we list asks to see one. Here's what they ask of roped climbers instead, from signed declarations and staff checks to membership rules and children's consent forms.

Joe Rushton

AdviceCanada

Where to learn to ice climb in Canada

From Canmore's long season to ice walls and frozen falls in or near Edmonton, Quebec City, Montréal and Trois-Rivières: where to try ice climbing in Canada, and how to start safely.

Joe Rushton

Climbing walls in Canada

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  1. Large grey boulder features with overhangs and colourful holds above deep matting
  2. Moon Board beside a wooden campus board and hangboards
  3. Steep training wall densely covered in holds above black matting
  4. Fitness area with dumbbells, a weight bench, medicine balls and a cable machine
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Day:$32
Monthly:$145
Hive - Vancouver Boulder
4.4(1,245 reviews)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6A 2P3
The Hive's first bouldering gym, with a Moon Board
  1. Bright bouldering hall with wooden and grey walls, deep matting and a training board on the right
  2. Café counter with pastries and wooden tables beside the bouldering walls
  3. Training zone with a pull-up rig, weight plates, a bench and dumbbells
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Day:$23.95
Monthly:$95
Allez Up Mile End
4.8(172 reviews)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H2T 2A7
Bouldering, Kilter Board and MoonBoard in Mile End
  1. Plywood bouldering walls with angled volumes and coloured holds above grey matting
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Day:$22
Monthly:$72
Gecko Bloc
5.0(16 reviews)
Quebec, Canada, G1K 8H8
Independent bouldering gym in downtown Quebec City

Climbing walls in Austria

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  1. Corner of a roped climbing wall with grey, white and red panels, a roof section and red mats
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Day:€6
Monthly:N/A
Naturfreunde Kletterwand Bruck an der Leitha
Bruck an der Leitha, Lower Austria, Austria, 2460
Naturfreunde roped wall with 40 routes
  1. Climber high on a wide roped wall with grey and red panels while two people watch from the mats
  2. Looking down on a lead climber clipping up a grey panel, with the belayer on the blue mats below
  3. Ropes coiled along the foot of the climbing wall above blue floor mats
  4. Close-up of a quickdraw and coloured holds on the wall
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Day:N/A
Monthly:€44.90
Edelweiss Pressbaum
4.5(2 reviews)
Pressbaum, Lower Austria, Austria, 3021
Alpenverein rope wall in a Pressbaum school hall
  1. Climbers on the grey and blue outdoor climbing tower under a wooden roof
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Day:€7
Monthly:N/A
Kletteranlage Wieselburg
5.0(1 review)
Wieselburg, Lower Austria, Austria, 3250
15.5 m outdoor tower plus an indoor club wall

Climbing walls in Argentina

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  1. Bouldering walls and blue landing mats at GRAM La Casona
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GRAM La Casona
Club bouldering and climbing classes at La Casona
  1. Bouldering panels and padded flooring at Roca Norte
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Day:ARS 12,000
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Roca Norte
Climbing in Córdoba
  1. Climbing walls at RKM Club de Escaladores
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RKM Club de Escaladores
Climbing in Buenos Aires

Climbing walls in Belarus

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  1. Climbers on top ropes across the sunset-mural climbing wall
  2. Young climber on an angled panel beside the centre's climbing logo
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Day:BYN 11
Monthly:N/A
Frunzensky FOC Climbing Wall
Group climbing sessions for kids and adults
  1. Climbers' hands on holds beside large blue volumes during a bouldering competition
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Day:BYN 10
Monthly:N/A
Vitebsk Regional Palace of Children and Youth Climbing Wall
Vitebsk, Vitebsk Region, Belarus, 210015
Youth climbing groups and paid sessions in Vitebsk
  1. The 17-metre lead wall lit by street lamps at dusk, with the speed wall behind
  2. Speed lane with red holds and timing boards at the top, beside the lead wall
  3. Climber high on the speed lane at sunset, seen through larch branches
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Day:BYN 20
Monthly:N/A
Skalodrom Viktoriya
Belarus's tallest outdoor wall, with a speed lane