The European Championships of Ski Mountaineering were the European championships for national

ski mountaineering Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

teams 1992Claude Défago
''The history of ski alpinisme''
(German). to 2009. They were held biannually and were separated in men's and women's competitions. The first championships were sanctioned by the Comité International du Ski-Alpinisme de Compétition (CISAC). After the CISAC was merged to the

International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions The International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC) located in the ''Floridablanca 84'' in Barcelona was part of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA) and responsible for ski mountaineering and vertical race c ...

(ISMC) of the

Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme The International Climbing and Mountaineering Federation, commonly known by its French name Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme (UIAA, lit. ''International Union of Alpine Clubs''), was founded in August 1932 in Chamonix, France ...

(UIAA), the competitions are held biannually by the ISCM. Since 2008, when the ISMC merged into the

International Ski Mountaineering Federation The International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF) is the international governing body responsible for Ski mountaineering competitions. Its main aims are promotion, regulation, and development of Ski mountaineering worldwide. In March 2022, d ...

(ISMF) the championships have been sanctioned by the ISMF. Karl Posch
Weltmeisterschaft Schweiz Tag 5 - Neuer Verband der Schibergsteiger: ISMF
(German), February 27, 2008. The originally 9th edition, in 2009 decided to be held in Claut, Italy, in the end was held as the 6th edition of the

World Championships A world championship is generally an international competition open to elite competitors from around the world, representing their nations, and winning such an event will be considered the highest or near highest achievement in the sport, game, ...

European championships since 1999

* IV

2001 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering The 2001 European Championship of Ski mountaineering was the fourth European Championship of ski mountaineering and the first, that was organized by the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions (ISMC), that was founded in 1999 as ...

: ** Team races "Seniors": January 27, 2001, Miage-Contamines-Somfy, France''Pierre Gignoux et Stéphane Brosse CHAMPIONS D'EUROPE!''
(French; incl. results), FFME. ** Individual races: March 4, 2001,

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, Spain ** Team races "Juniors" and "Espoirs": April 1, 2001,

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, Italy''Compes de esquí de montaña para el 2001''
(Spanish). * V 2003 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering, March 28, 2003 to March 30,

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, Slovakia * VI

2005 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering The 2005 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering ( ca, Campionat d’Europa d’Esquí de Muntanya 2005) was the sixth European Championships of Ski Mountaineering, European Championship of ski mountaineering and was held in Andorra from March 1 ...

, March 1, 2005 to March 5, 2005, Andorra * VII 2007 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering, March 24, 2007, to March 28, 2007, Avoriaz,

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, France * VIII

2009 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering The 2009 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering ( it, Campionati Europei di Sci alpinismo 2009) was the eighth European Championship of ski mountaineering and was held in Alpago (Tambre, Italy) from February 19, 2009 to February 24, 2009. The ...

, February 19, 2009 to February 24, 2009, Alpago, Tambre, Italy * IX

2012 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering The 2012 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering (french: Championnat d'Europe de ski de montagne 2012) was the ninth European Championship of ski mountaineering and was held in Pelvoux in the Massif des Écrins (France) from February 4, 2012 ...

, February 4, 2012 to February 10, 2012,

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, Massif des Écrins, France * X

2014 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering Fourteen or 14 may refer to: * 14 (number), the natural number following 13 and preceding 15 * one of the years 14 BC, AD 14, 1914, 2014 Music * 14th (band), a British electronic music duo * ''14'' (David Garrett album), 2013 *''14'', an unrel ...

, February 14, 2014 to February 16, 2014, Arinsal-Arcalís,

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, Andorra'' *XI 2016 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering, February 5, 2016 to February 7, 2016, Salvan/ Les Marécottes, Switzerland *XII 2018 European Championship of Ski Mountaineering, February 22, 2018 to February 25, 2018,

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, Italy *

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Ski mountaineering Ski mountaineering (abbreviated to skimo) is a skiing discipline that involves climbing mountains either on skis or carrying them, depending on the steepness of the ascent, and then descending on skis. There are two major categories of equipmen ...

Ski mountaineering competitions Skiing competitions in Europe