New to ski mountaineering? Get the essentials on this exciting Winter Olympic sport that combines steep climbs, ski descents ...

Kirsty Coventry, elected last March as the first female president of the International Olympic Committee, touts the Milan Cortina Winter Games that officially open Friday as “the most gender-balanced ...

Explore the official rules of Olympic ski mountaineering, including race formats, equipment regulations, transition penalties ...

This week, for the first time at the Olympics, skiers will scamper uphill wearing carpet-like skins on their skis or just their stiff boots, then barrel back down an ungroomed course. This is ski ...

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This week, for the first time at the Olympics, skiers will scamper uphill wearing carpet-like skins on their skis or just their stiff boots, then barrel back down an ungroomed course. “I think they ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. What is alpinism? And is it the same as mountaineering? We take a look at the fast and light approach to climbing mountains. | ...

Ski mountaineering goes beyond traditional ski touring. It’s a demanding contest with the mountain, the weather and one’s own limits. Anyone who has ever climbed through fresh snow on skins knows the ...

The steepest hill ski mountaineering athlete Ana Alonso Rodriguez had to climb on her way to an Olympic bronze medal involved no course at all. No snow or competitors, either. Just trusting in herself ...

Robert Lamborn, the club's founding chair, invoked the "the grand peak that towers above us ... discovered in 1806 by Pike" ...