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Videos of the Week #12 2019/20 | Best of Alpine Clubs on YT

As multifaceted as the mountains themselves

by Sebastian Müller • 02/07/2020
What we don't have to thank our alpine clubs for: huts with mountaineers' meals and tea, dormitories with scratchy woollen blankets, winter rooms and bivouacs! Magazines, equipment hire and courses! Environmental protection and policy! Anything else? Sure: the Alpine clubs of all Alpine countries have long been represented on youtube and deliver: Educational material, small adventures and big expeditions, as well as top-level Olympic sport. So let's take a look - in order from small to big!

Planinska Zveza Slovenije (PZS, 76 subs)

Unlike in sport climbing, the Slovenians are still in their infancy on youtube. This mountain stream gondola(?) stands out!

Fédération Française des clubs alpins et de montagne (FFCAM, 97 subs)

Even here, the reach and appeal are still limited, but the French ski mountaineers are already delivering the finest adventures:

Swiss Alpine Club (SAC, 172 subs)

Not much going on in Switzerland either. They let the youngsters do it!

Club Alpino Italiano (CAI, 1.49K subs)

Presents itself at the beginning like its logo: slightly antiquated, with lots of old white men talking and mainly "sentiero italiano". But if you scroll deeper, you discover old films with great humor and drama, and nice history lessons:

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Austrian Alpine Association (ÖAV, 2.13K subs)

In Austria, they are usually professional and safety-conscious. Actually very well done and really valuable:

Deutscher Alpenverein (DAV, 7.16K subs)

Slightly unmanageable: image cultivation, lots of competition climbing (now also Olympic!) and also ski touring races, a bit of safety and hut portraits, and lo and behold, a ski tour with snowstormer Lukas:

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