Here is everything you need to know about ski mountaineering at the 2026 Winter Olympics, including the full TV and streaming schedule for events.

Competitors ascend steep slopes with skins on their skis, strap gear to their packs, and race downhill in a test of endurance and precision.

The mountaineering history behind "skimo," a new Winter Olympic event. Plus, research into a true alpine champion, the mountain goat.

Ski mountaineering is the lone addition to the Olympic program for the 2026 Milan Cortina Games. Here's everything to know about the sport.

If you think downhill skiing is a challenge, wait until you see skimo, a brand-new ski event set to debut in the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games. In this event, participants wearing specialized lightweight skis and carrying a backpack and other equipment run uphill.

The 2026 Games will feature just one new sport in the program: skimo. It follows in the IOC’s tradition of experimentation that has brought us several mainstays, as well as a few oddballs.

The 2026 Winter Olympics are just around the corner. In a few days athletes from around the world will descend upon the Milano Cortana region of Italy to take on the slopes, hills, skating runs, and other elements of the Games.

The Winter Olympic Games do not receive the same adulation from the masses as the summer games. Some of that is because of the scope of the event. There’s such a wide variety of sports during the summer Olympics,