The penultimate event of the 2016 UIAA Respect the Mountains Series was held in Tignes, France on Friday 26 August. Tignes Développement was responsible for organizing the second event held in the Rhone-Alpes region, following the meet in Samoens earlier in August. The resort of Tignes, at 2,169m, is best...
The seventh event of the 2016 UIAA Respect the Mountains Series was held last weekend around the mighty peaks of Mount Kazbek, Russia. Another weekend of scorching temperatures and hard endeavour by a group of volunteers promoting sustainable practices in mountain regions. The UIAA Respect the...
Samoëns is a popular resort during both the summer and winter months – skiing, hiking, mountain biking and paragliding are among its most popular activities. 83 volunteers took part in the event, hosted under a beating Alpine sun. The clean-up activity lasted from 10:30 until 12:30...
After five events in as many countries we are now halfway through the 2016 UIAA Respect the Mountains Series, partnered by KEEN. On Wednesday 20 July, the fifth event of the season was held in Mayrhofen, a town in the Zillertal, located in Austria’s Tyrol...
The Städtisches Forstamt Freiburg and the DAV (Deutscher Alpen Verein) organized this year’s Respect the Mountains held event in the Schwarzwald, Germany on Sunday 10 July. It was the fourth in this year’s Series, which is organized by the UIAA and partnered by KEEN. The Schauinsland mountain...
The third round of the nine-event 2016 UIAA Respect the Mountains Series paid a visit to Italy, and specifically the national park of the regions of Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise on 3 July. The village of Civitella Alfedena, located in the heart of the park, played...
A weekend after the season opener in Tenerife, the UIAA Respect the Mountains Series – partnered by KEEN – travelled to North Wales for its second clean-up event of the European summer. The event held in Llanberis (a village at the foot of Snowdon, Wales’s highest mountain) was...
The first event of the 2016 UIAA Respect the Mountains Series – partnered by KEEN – took place in Tenerife last weekend. It marked the opening of a busy season of nine clean-up events in eight European countries. The event in Tenerife was organised locally by the Tenerife Walking Festival,...
The UIAA is delighted to announce the provisional calendar for the 2016 UIAA Respect the Mountains Series. The UIAA Respect the Mountains project, supported by KEEN, comprises a series of events organized across Europe aimed at promoting a sustainable mountain environment for future generations. These events...
The UIAA is delighted to announce the extension of its activities in mountain preservation through the recent addition of the Respect the Mountains campaign. Over the past decade, Respect the Mountains has acted as a guardian of the mountain world raising awareness through the practice of seven cardinal rules: book smart;...