Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada
The Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada (FEDME), located in the Floridablanca 84 in Barcelona, is the Spanish federation of mountain and climbing sports. It was founded under the name Federación Española de Alpinismo (Spanish federation of alpinism) on July 1, 1922, and renamed to Federación de Montañismo later.
Aim of the FEDME is the protection of the Alps, the support of mountain huts, alpine tours, and of GR footpathes as well as the supervision of mountain and winter sports like fell running, alpinism, mountain as well as snowshoe hiking, and ski mountaineering. The FEDME also supports the Spanish national team of ski mountaineering, called Equipo PNTD Esquí de Montaña.
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