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All the latest news about projects and events in which the Petzl Foundation is involved.
FRANCE - AN AVALANCHE RISK PREVENTION TOOL FOR MOUNTAIN REFUGE WARDENS - 01.2018
Maps indicating which slopes have a gradient of more than 30° were handed out to refuge wardens at their Annual General Meeting (...)
FRANCE - ACTIVTIES REPORT 2016 - 06.2017
Find all the projects supported by the Petzl Foundation for the year 2016
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FRANCE - The 4th SUSTAINABLE SUMMITS CONFERENCE - 06.2017
This conference is, first and foremost, an opportunity to get together, a desire to work together for our high mountains, one of the last areas on the planet where human presence is merely transient (...)
FRANCE - VERTICAL ECOLOGY - 06.2017
The ‘Vertical Ecology’ project, supported by the Écrins National Park and the Alpine Ecology Laboratory, is a botanical study of the origin and evolution of plants in high mountains. (...)
WORLDWIDE - SEEKING THE LAST LOST WORLDS - 06.2017
The adventurer Evrard Wendenbaum set out on a series of scientific expeditions to discover the last unexplored areas on the planet. His project called "Lost Worlds" aims to gain knowledge of the last remaining biological treasures (...)
UNITED STATES - RENOVATED TRAILS FOR INDIAN CREEK - 05.2017
Climbing sites in Indian Creek and Donally Canyon in Utah are among the most famous in the American West. Due to its popularity with both climbers and hikers (...)
FRANCE - PROTECTING ICE MEMORY - 03.2017
Studying glacier ice allows us to anticipate future climate changes. However, with the glaciers retreating at such a fast rate, this scientific resource (...)
FRANCE - MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS FRANCE, TO PRESERVE THE MOUNTAINS - 03.2017
The Mountain Wilderness France association defends a global approach to the mountains where conservation of the natural environment and improving the economy (...)
FRANCE - THE NEW CAMPTOCAMP HAS ARRIVED! - 12.2016
A year and a half of work has come to fruition for the Camptocamp association as they launch a completely overhauled version of the most famous mountain sports social network. (...)
FRANCE - A SLOPE GRADIENT MAP TO AVOID AVALANCHES - 12.2016
On November 3, 2016, the National Institute of Geographic and Forestry Information (IGN) put online a graphical representation of the slopes over 30° covering all French mountain ranges (...)
UNITED STATES - SALT LAKE CITY, A CLIMBING WALL FOR THOSE IN RECOVERY - 08.2016
Fit to Recover, Salt Lake City’s only Sober gym and community center celebrated its first birthday in January 2016, with the unveiling of its new climbing wall, (...)
