The snow was relentless in Bormio, coloring the slope a cloudy white, a fitting stage for the first ski mountaineering races in the history of the Olympic Games.

Ski mountaineering, or 'skimo', is making its Winter Olympics debut at the 2026 Games in Milan-Cortina.

Indeed, this year 36 competitors—18 men and women, respectively—will partake in the first-ever skimo events, beginning in Bormio, Italy, on Feb. 19, which include the men’s sprint, women’s sprint and ...