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The World Championships of Ski Mountaineering are biannually held
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competitions.


History

The events were originally sanctioned by 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 ...
(ISMC). The first official world mastership of the ISMC was carried out in the " International Year of Mountains" (2002), declared by the
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. The championship was held in Serre Chevalier,
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, from January 24 to January 27, 2002. Prior the Italian
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was held as "World Championship of Ski Mountaineering" with the classes "Civilians", "
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s" and "
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s" in 1975.
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''Weltmeisterschaften im Skibergsteigen''
(German), February, 2004. Because the ISMC merged into the
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(ISMF) in 2008, the next championships were sanctioned by the ISMF. In 2011, the originally planned 9th edition of the
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at last was held as 6th edition of the World Championships. Further venues of the ISMC World Championships were the Aran Valley (Spain) in 2004, the Italian
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in 2006, and
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(Switzerland) in 2008.''History of ski mountaineering''
UIAA. The World Championships are supported by the national organizations of the carrying out countries.


Ratings

The disciplines are rated by gender and age groups. In 2002, only individual and team (2 racers) races were held and rated, added with a combined ranking. At the 2004 championship a relay event and a
vertical race A Vertical Race is a special kind of ski mountaineering without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical Races for women and men are ...
competition were added. The men's relay teams were of four racers and the women's teams of three. In the following years all relay teams were of four ski mountaineers. In 2006 the relay race was canceled because of bad snow conditions, and consequently there was no combined ranking. At the 2008 World Masterships a long-distance race was added. The national squads are often mixed with up an coming athletes of the "Espoirs"-level. Some nations do not have squads with enough racers for all disciplines.


Medalist nations and disciplines

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See also

* ISMF World Cup Ski Mountaineering


References


External links


Ski Mountaineering World Championship 2002
president of the UIAA Ian McNaught-Davis {{Main world championships Ski mountaineering competitions
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