Climbing news, events, guides and advice, from new walls and competitions to how to start climbing.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
The same headline day price does not make three gyms identical. Compare Zagreb's bouldering venues by training boards, location, entrance instructions and the conditions attached to a ticket.
Joe Rushton
Verified dates for climbing socials, workshops, national championships, films and bouldering competitions in Sofia, Plovdiv and Varna.
Joe Rushton
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
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
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
