A beginner’s guide to ski mountaineering—where backcountry skiing meets alpine climbing.

Explore Team USA’s journey into Olympic ski mountaineering—meet the athletes aiming for success at the Milan Cortina 2026, ...

Sean McNally’s personal and professional lifetime pursuit is mountaineering. Here he breaks down how to climb a mountain.

It’s six months until the 2026 Milano Cortina Olympics, which will see the debut of a new olympic sport called ski mountaineering.

Kami Rita Sherpa, a renowned Nepali mountain guide, completed his 31st climb of Mount Everest on Tuesday, breaking his own record for the most successful trips to the mountain’s peak.

But at what point does backcountry skiing turn into mountaineering? Or maybe the question is when should mountaineering start involving skiing? Here's a breakdown of what exactly constitutes ski ...

What Is Ski Mountaineering? Ski mountaineering is effectively the most extreme version of backcountry ski touring that involves skills beyond the basics of ski touring to travel through terrain.