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Piolets d'Or

The Piolets d'Or (, "Golden Ice Axes") is an annual mountaineering and alpine climbing award organized by the Groupe de Haute Montagne (GHM), and previously with co-founder Montagnes Magazine, since its founding in 1992. Golden ice axes are presented to the annual winners at a weekend awards festival based on their achievements in the previous year. It…

History, Pre-2007 (only one winner) & 2013 award (everybody wins)

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Location
France (1992 to 2007) France/Italy (2009 to 2017) Various (2018 onward)
Awarded for
Mountaineering ascents with emphasis on style, spirit and creativity, self-sufficiency, and technical difficulty
Date
Spring (1992 to 2017) Autumn (2018 onward)
First award
1992 (1992) (for ascents in 1991)
Formerly called
Le Piolet d'Or (pre-2009)
Most awards
Paul Ramsden (2003, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2023) (As at the 2023 awards)

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History

Reception

2025 award (33rd awards)

2024 award (32nd awards)

2023 award (31st awards)

2022 award (30th awards)

2021 award

2020 award

2019 award (deaths of Lama and Auer)

2018 award (leaves France)

2017 award

2016 award

2015 award (pre-announced)

2014 award

2013 award (everybody wins)

2012 award (20th awards)

2011 award

2010 award

2009 award (new Charter)

2007 award (controversy)

Pre-2007 (only one winner)

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Piolets d'Or

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Edges249
Triples143
Avg. degree1.99
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Piolets d'Or

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related to 2009 award (new Charter) · 58
Piolets d'Or → A0, Aosta Valley, April, Bonatti, Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, Charter, Checkmate, Commitment, Courmayeur, Dario Rodriguez, Dodo Kopold, Doug Scott, Exploration, For, France, Fumitaka Ichimura, In, India, It, Italy
related to 2010 award · 47
Piolets d'Or → A2/3, Alpinism, Also, American, Andrej, Anna Piunova, April, Boris Dedeshko, British, Bruce Normand, Chamonix, Charter, Chinese Tien Shan, Cho Oyu, Christian Trommsdorff, Courmayeur, Denis Urubko, France, Groupe, Haute Montagne
related to External links · 17
Piolets d'Or → Alpinist, Archive, Asian Piolet, Bernadette McDonald, British Mountaineering CouncilLes Piolets, February, Golden Ice Axe, Himalayan Journal, Lindsay Griffin, Marko Prezelj, Or, Piolet, Piolets, Retrospective, Russian, Short History, The
related to Further reading · 10
Piolets d'Or → Chambre, Claude, David, Gardien, ISBN, Les, Mont Blanc, November, Or, Piolets
Awarded for · 1
Piolets d'Or → Mountaineering ascents with emphasis on style, spirit and creativity, self-sufficiency, and technical difficulty
Date · 1
Piolets d'Or → Spring (1992 to 2017) Autumn (2018 onward)
First award · 1
Piolets d'Or → 1992 (1992) (for ascents in 1991)
Formerly called · 1
Piolets d'Or → Le Piolet d'Or (pre-2009)
Location · 1
Piolets d'Or → France (1992 to 2007) France/Italy (2009 to 2017) Various (2018 onward)
Most awards · 1
Piolets d'Or → Paul Ramsden (2003, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2023) (As at the 2023 awards)

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Piolets d'OrAwarded forMountaineering ascents with emphasis on style, spirit and creativity, self-sufficiency, and technical difficulty1.00infobox
Piolets d'OrDateSpring (1992 to 2017) Autumn (2018 onward)1.00infobox
Piolets d'OrFirst award1992 (1992) (for ascents in 1991)1.00infobox
Piolets d'OrFormerly calledLe Piolet d'Or (pre-2009)1.00infobox
Piolets d'OrLocationFrance (1992 to 2007) France/Italy (2009 to 2017) Various (2018 onward)1.00infobox
Piolets d'OrMost awardsPaul Ramsden (2003, 2013, 2016, 2017, 2023) (As at the 2023 awards)1.00infobox
Piolets d'OrPresented byGroupe de Haute Montagne [fr]1.00infobox
Piolets d'OrRewardsA single Golden ice axe (per team), made by Grivel1.00infobox
Piolets d'OrWebsitePiolet d'Or1.00infobox
the Piolet d'Or tries to quantify this essenceinstance ofAn award0.80text
attempts to judge the quality of the experienceinstance ofAn award0.80text
Piolets d'Orrelated to 2009 award (new Charter)The Piolet0.60section

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