Participants in the Big Sky Skimo Cup at the Great Divide Ski Area start their race Feb. 21, 2026, pushing along a snow ...

Now, to be fair, the version of skimo we saw in the Olympics—skimo sprint—is a bastardized version of the sport. Skimo events can last for hours, involve traversing entire mountains, and test the ...

Team USA racers Anna Gibson and Cameron Smith paired up to compete in the ski mountaineering, or skimo, mixed team event. Here's how they did. (AP Photo) ...

The U.S. team of Smith and Anna Gibson finished fourth out of 12 teams in the Winter Olympics debut of ski mountaineering ...

United States' Anna Gibson, left, and United States' Cameron Smith celebrate at the finish area of a ski mountaineering mixed relay, at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Bormio, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 21, ...

France's Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet win the mixed relay Saturday, part of ski mountaineering's Olympic debut.

The sport of ski mountaineering made its long-awaited Olympics debut and a bearded Illinois athlete is making headlines for his performance in the event.

For anyone who has stood freezing in an endless lift line at a ski resort, or flinched as some out-of-control “rad Brad” ...

Here's a quick ski mountaineering (aka skimo) primer and the full schedule of the skimo events at the 2026 Winter Games.

Emily Harrop and Thibault Anselmet combined to win the mixed relay for France as part of ski mountaineering’s Olympic debut ...

With a vertical drop of just over 1,500 feet, 67 trails, eight lifts, including two quads that run pretty much from the top to the bottom and three lodges, Sunapee is a mid-sized ...

The sport of ski mountaineering is new to the Winter Olympics this year but its origins go back more than a century in the Alps.