Understand the Olympic ski mountaineering format — how each event is structured, the timing and scoring systems and how medals are decided across sprint and mixed relay events at the 2026 Milan Cortina Games.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mountaineering is used interchangeably with mountain climbing, alpine climbing, and alpinism. It's the sport of hiking and climbing summits or high points in mountainous regions.