Curated list
Films Featuring Women Climbers
19 films · updated 2026-09-04
A generation ago the women in climbing films were mostly in the background. These films put them at the center: the first female 9a+, free ascents of El Capitan, a competition champion's own account of a season, the process behind hard bouldering, and expedition big walls in Madagascar and Baffin Island.
Ordered by ascent difficulty and significance, roughly.

01 · 2019 · 13 min · Reel Rock
Margo Hayes Makes History
Margo Hayes, first woman to climb 9a+, on La Rambla and then Biographie.

02 · 2023 · 5 min · Louder Than Eleven
FREE ASCENT of El Capitan’s 2nd Hardest Route | ft. Babsi Zangerl & Jacopo Larcher
Babsi Zangerl on Magic Mushroom, one of the hardest free routes on El Capitan.

03 · 2016 · 10 min · Louder Than Eleven
Babsi Zangerl & Jacopo Larcher vs Zodiac
Zangerl again, freeing the Zodiac.

04 · 2015 · 17 min · Louder Than Eleven
Emily Harrington Free Climbs El Capitan's ‘Golden Gate'
Emily Harrington's first free ascent of Golden Gate on El Cap.

05 · 2023 · 31 min · Janja Garnbret
Welcome to My World
Janja Garnbret, the most dominant competition climber in history, on her own terms.

06 · 2024 · 31 min · Patagonia
In Sequence: Katie Lamb and the Craft of Hard Bouldering
Katie Lamb, first woman to climb V16, and the craft behind hard bouldering, from Patagonia.

07 · 2017 · 20 min · Louder Than Eleven
FIRST FEMALE ASCENT of 'China Doll' (5.14a R) | ft. Heather Weidner
Heather Weidner on China Doll, a 5.14a R trad climb in Boulder Canyon.

08 · 2013 · 10 min · Louder Than Eleven
Paige Claassen vs 'To Bolt or Not to Be' (5.14a)
Paige Claassen on To Bolt or Not to Be, America's first 5.14a.

09 · 2025 · 42 min · Arc'teryx
Arc'teryx Presents: Andrea
Nina Caprez in Morocco, a forty-minute portrait from Arc'teryx.
![ORBAYU [full movie] a climbing Odyssey with Nina Caprez and Cédric Lachat (2016) climbing film](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/J7QeAx8mn9A/hqdefault.jpg)
10 · 2016 · 27 min · Petzl
ORBAYU [full movie] a climbing Odyssey with Nina Caprez and Cédric Lachat
Caprez and Cédric Lachat on Orbayu, the 8c big wall route on Naranjo de Bulnes.

11 · 2026 · 24 min · Anna Hazelnutt
A Big Wall Story 🇲🇬 Anna Hazelnutt & Matilda Söderlund
Anna Hazelnutt and Matilda Söderlund on a big wall in Madagascar.

12 · 2022 · 8 min · Anna Hazelnutt
Anna Hazelnutt climbs the Walk of Life
Hazelnutt on the Walk of Life, E9, in Devon.

13 · 2025 · 8 min · Anna Hazelnutt
Anna Hazelnutt climbs Third Millennium
Hazelnutt on Third Millennium, a hard sport route in the United States.

14 · 2024 · 36 min · Arc'teryx
Arc'teryx Presents: Ground Up
Amity Warme's ground-up ethic on Yosemite's big walls.

15 · 2024 · 9 min · Scarpa
Amity Warme climbs Book of Hate 5.13d
Warme on Book of Hate, 5.13d, in Yosemite.

16 · 2025 · 30 min · Kyra Condie
A Month In Rocklands with Kyra Condie
Kyra Condie bouldering in Rocklands, South Africa, for a month.

17 · 2016 · 16 min · Arc'teryx
Arc'teryx Presents: Baffin
Brette Harrington and Marc-André Leclerc on Baffin Island.

18 · 2022 · 33 min · The North Face
The North Face Presents: Earthside
Brette Harrington, Emily Harrington, Christina Lusti and Hilaree Nelson on an alpine big wall expedition.

19 · 2015 · 11 min · Angie Scarth-Johnson
'Ain't No Sunshine' 28 7c+ , Nowra Australia
Angie Scarth-Johnson, age ten at the time, on a 7c+ in Nowra.
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