The spectacular mountains of Haslital: a birthplace of Alpinism and a climbing, mountaineering and ski touring area of rare diversity and great tradition. Glaciologists, mountain pioneers, first ascent and legendary mountain guide personalities like Melchior Anderegg, "King of the Guides', or Johann Fischer dominated the early years and the golden age of alpinism.

Almost 50 years ago the sport climbing movement reached Switzerland and the first routes on the Grimsel were opened. Soon the Haslital became a Mecca for wild climbers in Europe. Handegg, Eldorado, Wendenstöcke and Engelhörner continue to attract passionate climbers.

In the area of the Grimsel and Susten Pass there are countless exciting bouldering problems in the midst of the most versatile holiday and excursion landscape Switzerland has to offer.

Indoor and year round climbing has long been possible in the Hasli Valley, thanks to one of the first climbing gyms Switzerland and the new bouldering hall, open since 2014.

The Swiss Alpine Club (SAC) Oberhasli is one of the largest SAC-sections in the country. With more than 150 climbing and touring outings offered annually, the SAC-JO Oberhasli is among the most active and versatile organizations in supporting the next generation of climbers.

Again and again the SAC-JO Oberhasli has produced strong, competitive climbers and talented young mountain guides.

Haslital Mountain Festival
c/o Haslital Tourismus
Bahnhofplatz 12
3860 Meiringen
+41 33 972 50 50

For the first time in 2016 , Haslital hosted a World Cup event for the top athletes in the discipline "Boulder". The "IFSC Climbing World Cup Meiringen” is an annual event that attracts the world's best boulderers and is a classic in the international competition calendar.

The broad-based organizing committee is extremely motivated to host a spectacular, first class event. To achieve this ambitious goal, we are reliant on the commitment of sponsors and patrons. We invite you to support the Haslital Mountain Festival and the IFSC Climbing World Cup. With your engagement you will benefit from a large presence and a positive perception via LiveStream, social media, in international mountain sports media, with athletes, spectators and the mountain sports and outdoor-scene as a whole, and last but not least, with the local and regional audience in Haslital. Thank you for your interest and we look forward to working together as partners.

The IFSC - International Federation of Sport Climbing - organizes all the major international competitions.
These include:

All championships offer the disciplines of Lead, Speed and Bouldering for women and men. Since the 2010 season, the recently founded European Council of the IFSC (European Council of Sport Climbing, ECSC) is responsible for European competitions as the European Cup, European Championships and for the organization of the European Youth Cup.