Lausanne, 21st February 2019 – On Thursday morning at Lake Songhua Ski Resort, in the province of Jilin, the second competition of the fourth stage of the ISMF World Cup was carried out. The track of the Vertical race, realised by the staff of the International Federation, had a development of 2.8 kilometres with an uphill difference in height of 610 metres.
Lausanne, 22nd February 2019 – The last competition of the event of the ISMF World Cup in China took place on Friday morning on the snows of Lake Songhua Ski Resort. The athletes competed in a spectacular Sprint race.
Lausanne, 10th March 2019 – Ski mountaineering World Championships, day one. After the opening ceremony, which attracted hundreds of people through the streets of Villars-sur-Ollon (Switzerland), this morning the turn was of the Sprint race. The first athletes who put the gold medal around the neck were the Swiss Arno Lietha, who was the winner among Seniors but also in the Espoir category, and the Spanish Claudia Galicia Cotrina.
Lausanne 18th January 2019 – Spectators of the great occasions, a lot of snow and vertiginous slopes that reach peaks of 48% were the ingredients of the first Sprint race of the ISMF World Cup. In front of about 2000 people, the élite of the Skimo challenged each other in an exciting afternoon on an ad hoc track designed on the Paul Ausserleitner hill in Bischofshofen. It is a sacred temple of ski jumping and the final stage of the “Four Hills Tournament” circuit.
Last week, the ISMF General & Event Manager Roberto Cavallo and the Technical Delegate Stefano Mottini reconnoitred some of the World Cup events included in the 2018/2019 season calendar of the International Federation.
Lausanne, 20th February 2019 – The Chinese stage of Lake Songhua Ski Resort opened with the Individual race, the first competition of the three scheduled.
Lausanne, 2nd February 2019 – The weather conditions were difficult for the first race of the third stage of the 2019 ISMF World Cup. In the Provençal ski resort of Superdévoluy, the Local Organising Committee was forced to an extraordinary maintenance in order to realise a competition that guaranteed the minimum safety conditions for the athletes and the spectators.
Lausanne, 1st February 2019 – The 2019 ISMF World Cup has reached the third leg. After being in Austria and in Andorra, the ISMF World Cup makes a stopover in France in the Provençal ski resort of Superdévoluy where two competitions will be held: an Individual race and a Sprint race.
The Asia Ski Mountaineering Federation (ASMF) was founded at Beidahu on 10 February 2009, on the initiative of the Chinese Mountaineering Association (CMA), Korean Alpine Federation (KAF) and the Japan Mountaineering Association (JMA).
Lausanne, 20th February 2019 – The Chinese stage of Lake Songhua Ski Resort opened with the Individual race, the first competition of the three scheduled.
Lausanne, 27th January 2019 – The 2019 ISMF World Cup has reached the fourth act. Just long enough to recover the energy after the hard-fought Individual race of yesterday and the worldwide élite of skimo has returned to wear the bib for a new competition.
Lausanne, 20th January 2019 – A lot of snow, fast descents, a spectacular circuit and the Austrian mountains to frame a sunny day were the essential ingredients for the first Individual competition of ISMF World Cup. In the beautiful Austrian location of Bischofshofen the copious snowfalls of the beginning of the season have forced the local organisers and the referees to adopt the so-called “plan B”. It consisted in a circuit itinerary of highly emotional impact for the large audience rushed to the Paul Ausserleitner hill faced twice by the skimo champions.