The next ceremony of the Piolets d’Or will take place, like last year, in the Dolomites. In San Martino di Castrozza will be awarded the trophies that celebrate the most beautiful climbs of 2024, chosen from the list established by the High Mountain Group and the journalists Lindsay Griffin, Dougald MacDonald and Rodolphe Popier. In this list of 74 climbs, no 8000, but several first «significant» at more than one title: an almost 8000 in alpine style, two granddad climbers and a Special Mention for women already awarded. In short, mountaineering with a big M. We’ll give you the rundown.
The idea of nominating and awarding prizes to climbs in mountaineering has long been a source of misunderstanding, and even of boycott on the part of some climbers for whom mountaineering is not precisely a sport in which medals could be awarded.
Over time, the mentalities of the juries