It’s around 102 years since the very first Winter Olympics were held in the French resort of Chamonix, but this year’s Games will be the first to feature the sport of skimo. Short for ski ...

Ski Mountaineering (SkiMo) is a fringe sport that’s becoming increasingly less fringe, especially in Europe, and was announced as a new sport for the 2026 Winter Olympic Games. But it’s not just for ...

University of Utah freshman Landon Jakob just wanted to avoid sitting on a stationary bike all winter to stay in shape for his high school mountain bike racing team, when he first tried the newest ...

A roster of Coloradans is among those hoping to compete in ski mountaineering, or skimo, when the sport makes its debut in the 2026 Winter Olympics this February in Italy. U.S. Ski Mountaineering ...

Weekdays, David Dierdorff is a sports chiropractor and strength coach at the Built to Move Chiropractic and Sports Rehabilitation clinic in Spokane. But, come the weekend, he wants to be outdoors.

"Skimo" has hit the slopes in Milan Cortina. The grueling competition of ski mountaineering, which tests the skill and endurance of athletes not only skiing down mountains but also racing up them, ...

The sport of ski mountaineering is making its debut at the Winter Olympics in Italy this year. Skimo, as athletes call it today, involves racing up steep mountains on skis before turning around and ...