Climbing Articles: Events, Argentina, Belgium or Austria

Thu, Oct 22, 2026Events Argentina

CAMP’s 25th bouldering festival: 7–8 November 2026

CAMP’s outdoor festival returns to Sierra de los Difuntos with a Sunday competition, optional Saturday climbing and camping, and a trek for non-climbers.

Joe Rushton

Sat, Oct 17, 2026Events Austria

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

Fri, Oct 23, 2026Events Competitions Australia Victoria

Speed climbing in Melbourne: national and state titles in November

Urban Climb Blackburn hosts the 2026 Australian Speed Climbing National Championships on 7 November, and Gravity Worx the Victorian State Speed Titles on 21 November. Here's what speed climbing is, who races, and how to enter or watch.

Joe Rushton

Fri, Oct 23, 2026Events Australia

Perth hosts the first National Boulder Cup: results and what's next

Portside Boulders in Osborne Park hosted the first National Boulder Cup on 25–27 September 2026, with the WA Open Boulder Titles run inside it. Olivia Hawryluk and Maxim Pare won the open finals, and WA's lead titles follow at Oasis Climbing on 7–8 November.

Joe Rushton

Fri, Oct 23, 2026Events News Australia Australian Capital Territory

Booroomba Rocks marks 60 years of climbing with a November meet

The Canberra Climbers' Association is marking 60 years since the first recorded climb at Booroomba Rocks with a members' trad meet on 21 and 22 November 2026, two months after the crag's access road reopened following a closure that began in May.

Joe Rushton

Fri, Oct 23, 2026Events Competitions Australia Queensland

Ipswich hosts the 2026 Queensland Youth Boulder Titles

Sport Climbing Queensland's youth bouldering championships come to GRIPswich Bouldering in Ipswich on 31 October and 1 November 2026, with state titles and qualification for the Australian Youth Boulder Nationals at stake.

Joe Rushton

Fri, Oct 23, 2026Events Australia Tasmania

Tassie Open Boulder State Titles 2026: who can enter and how

Tasmania's open bouldering titles are at Rock It Derwent Park in Hobart on Saturday 5 December 2026, with Open A, Open B for first-timers and Masters. Early-bird entry is $75 until 10 November, and round 2 of the youth series follows on the Sunday.

Joe Rushton

Tue, Oct 20, 2026Events Bulgaria

Bulgaria’s climbing events: October–December 2026

Verified dates for climbing socials, workshops, national championships, films and bouldering competitions in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna.

Joe Rushton

Mon, Oct 19, 2026Advice Belgium

Climbing outdoors in Belgium: access, permits and guests

Every Belgian crag is on private or public land, and only members of a climbing federation may climb there. Here's how access works, how to bring a friend who isn't a member, and where to start, from Freÿr to the Ourthe.

Joe Rushton

Mon, Oct 19, 2026Advice Belgium

Do you need a belay certificate to climb in Belgium?

Belgium has no legal belay licence, but many Flemish halls ask for the KBF's KVB card before you climb on a rope, while halls in Brussels and Wallonia run their own briefings, tests and badges. Here's what to expect, hall by hall.

Joe Rushton

Sun, Oct 18, 2026News Austria

New, rebuilt and coming soon: Austria's climbing halls in 2026

Vienna has gained three bouldering halls since late 2024, Wels and Voitsberg have reopened after rebuilds, and Graz, Innsbruck, Leoben, Spittal and Völs have halls on the way. Here's what changed in Austria's climbing walls in 2026, and what's coming.

Joe Rushton

Sat, Oct 17, 2026Advice Austria

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