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.

  1. Margo Hayes Makes History (2019) climbing film

    01 · 2019 · 13 min · Reel Rock

    Margo Hayes Makes History

    Margo Hayes, first woman to climb 9a+, on La Rambla and then Biographie.

  2. FREE ASCENT of El Capitan’s 2nd Hardest Route | ft. Babsi Zangerl & Jacopo Larcher (2023) climbing film

    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.

  3. Babsi Zangerl & Jacopo Larcher vs Zodiac (2016) climbing film

    03 · 2016 · 10 min · Louder Than Eleven

    Babsi Zangerl & Jacopo Larcher vs Zodiac

    Zangerl again, freeing the Zodiac.

  4. Emily Harrington Free Climbs El Capitan's ‘Golden Gate' (2015) climbing film

    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.

  5. Welcome to My World (2023) climbing film

    05 · 2023 · 31 min · Janja Garnbret

    Welcome to My World

    Janja Garnbret, the most dominant competition climber in history, on her own terms.

  6. In Sequence: Katie Lamb and the Craft of Hard Bouldering (2024) climbing film

    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.

  7. FIRST FEMALE ASCENT of 'China Doll' (5.14a R) | ft. Heather Weidner (2017) climbing film

    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.

  8. Paige Claassen vs 'To Bolt or Not to Be' (5.14a) (2013) climbing film

    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.

  9. Arc'teryx Presents: Andrea (2025) climbing film

    09 · 2025 · 42 min · Arc'teryx

    Arc'teryx Presents: Andrea

    Nina Caprez in Morocco, a forty-minute portrait from Arc'teryx.

  10. ORBAYU [full movie] a climbing Odyssey with Nina Caprez and Cédric Lachat (2016) climbing film

    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. A Big Wall Story 🇲🇬 Anna Hazelnutt & Matilda Söderlund (2026) climbing film

    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. Anna Hazelnutt climbs the Walk of Life (2022) climbing film

    12 · 2022 · 8 min · Anna Hazelnutt

    Anna Hazelnutt climbs the Walk of Life

    Hazelnutt on the Walk of Life, E9, in Devon.

  13. Anna Hazelnutt climbs Third Millennium (2025) climbing film

    13 · 2025 · 8 min · Anna Hazelnutt

    Anna Hazelnutt climbs Third Millennium

    Hazelnutt on Third Millennium, a hard sport route in the United States.

  14. Arc'teryx Presents: Ground Up (2024) climbing film

    14 · 2024 · 36 min · Arc'teryx

    Arc'teryx Presents: Ground Up

    Amity Warme's ground-up ethic on Yosemite's big walls.

  15. Amity Warme climbs Book of Hate 5.13d (2024) climbing film

    15 · 2024 · 9 min · Scarpa

    Amity Warme climbs Book of Hate 5.13d

    Warme on Book of Hate, 5.13d, in Yosemite.

  16. A Month In Rocklands with Kyra Condie (2025) climbing film

    16 · 2025 · 30 min · Kyra Condie

    A Month In Rocklands with Kyra Condie

    Kyra Condie bouldering in Rocklands, South Africa, for a month.

  17. Arc'teryx Presents: Baffin (2016) climbing film

    17 · 2016 · 16 min · Arc'teryx

    Arc'teryx Presents: Baffin

    Brette Harrington and Marc-André Leclerc on Baffin Island.

  18. The North Face Presents: Earthside (2022) climbing film

    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. 'Ain't No Sunshine' 28 7c+  , Nowra Australia (2015) climbing film

    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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