Every year, a large number of events – from group hikes and outdoor activities, to exhibitions, cultural performances, contests and concerts – are organized across the world to celebrate International Mountain Day.
Whether you’re a business, NGO, journalist, government, city, civil society organization or individual, take advantage of this opportunity to call for action!
Plan an International Mountain Day event online or in person, or spread the word on your channels, and feature your event on our website by registering it using the submission form.
IMD around the world
Disasters bring untold suffering to the victims especially the poor, the vulnerable and the innocent. Lives lost cannot be returned, but these should not be forgotten. The October 2023 Teesta Disaster has to be remembered,...
Screening: Everest Invaders - Storming the world's highest rubbish dump
11/12/2023 - 11/12/2023
France, France
11/12/2023 - 11/12/2023
France, France
Film subject: Everest Invaders
Documentary - 53 min
Voice-over in Spanish
Subtitles English & French
This year we celebrate 70 years since the conquest of Everest, by Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay
Reinhold Messner,...
Lecture: Avalanches - once fateful, now usually easy to predict
11/12/2023 - 11/12/2023
Sonthofen, Germany
11/12/2023 - 11/12/2023
Sonthofen, Germany
In the past, avalanches were often viewed as fateful and beyond human control. We now know a wide variety of influencing factors that affect the snow cover and determine the danger of avalanches. With a...
Lecture: On "Restoring Mountain Ecosystems"
11/12/2023 - 11/12/2023
Wappingers Falls, United States of America
11/12/2023 - 11/12/2023
Wappingers Falls, United States of America
Discussion of Alpine region that has been badly affected by climate change; 10% of its glacier volume has disappeared in the last five years.
This lecture is about protecting fragile mountain ecosystems.
Through the Geography and History class, we have written letters to our favorite mountains where we first investigate ecosystem data. We also talk about what the mountain needs and how its existence benefits us, which...
Discussion: The climate is changing: where will Bolzano people ski?
11/12/2023 - 11/12/2023
Bolzano, Italy
11/12/2023 - 11/12/2023
Bolzano, Italy
The climate is changing: where will the people of Bolzano go to ski in the future?
How will winter recreational use of the mountains around Bolzano change in the coming years? And what will be the...
International Mountain Day is celebrated every 11 December and we at Afri-Nature (ANO) have been celebrating this day by going to provide environmental education and care of water sources to residents living in the mountains...
Student proposals: Restore mountain ecosystems
11/12/2023 - 11/12/2023
Gura Humorului Colegiul ”Alexandru cel Bun”, Romania
11/12/2023 - 11/12/2023
Gura Humorului Colegiul ”Alexandru cel Bun”, Romania
At the "Alexandru cel Bun" College in Gura Humorului, the students carried out activities dedicated to International Mountain Day in the form of debates that had as their subject some of the spectacular mountains of...
The event, organized in collaboration with the Meneghini Institute of Higher Education of Edolo on the occasion of International Mountain Day, will take place on 11 and 12 December at UNIMONT and will see a collaboration between...
Online talks: MountainTalks: International Mountain Day 2023
11/12/2023 - 11/12/2023
Lisbon, Portugal
11/12/2023 - 11/12/2023
Lisbon, Portugal
International Mountain Day is an opportunity to raise awareness about the relevance of mountain ecosystems and call for nature-based solutions, best practices and investments that build resilience, reduce vulnerability and increase the ability of mountains...