The Olympic program is never static. Nagano ’98 saw the introduction of snowboarding, now a quadrennial staple, while recent ...

The newest Olympic sport goes by the name “skimo,” which is short for ski mountaineering. The premise is simple — race up the ...

Anna Gibson was an elite trail runner when her friend suggested they team up for the U.S. mixed relay team in the new Olympic ...

Ski mountaineering will make its debut at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Here's how the event works.

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics will debut a new sport next month: Ski mountaineering, which combines uphill sprinting (on ...

Understand the Olympic ski mountaineering format — how each event is structured, the timing and scoring systems and how ...

Ski mountaineering, known as “ski-mo,” makes its Olympic debut at the 2026 Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, bringing a sport rooted in human survival and military necessity into the global spotlight.

Alpinism and alpinists, mountaineers and mountaineering, climbers and climbing. What are the lines between these adventurous pursuits, if the lines even exist at all? What exactly makes someone an ...

Going off into the mountains in search of adventure is an integral cultural symbol dating back to the first human settlers. Some civilizations sought out their peace and quiet while others coveted ...

Two key innovations, the Tricouni nails and the modern crampons, emerged as ways to add grip on slippery ground. Each had its ...

These tough, streamlined mountain packs are true cold weather warriors, made for technical terrain and harsh alpine ...