Ski mountaineering will make its Olympic debut this year, the first winter sport to do so since 2002. Skeleton, luge, ski jumping and moguls are also getting new events.

The mountaineering history behind "skimo," a new Winter Olympic event. Plus, research into a true alpine champion, the mountain goat.

Ski-mountaineering making its debut at the Winter Olympics, The sport, which combines ascents and descents of mountain trails on or while carrying skis or using them, will have three events at the Olympics.

There is a good reason why Courchevel, the star of the Trois Vallées, commands a premium over other ski resorts: everything is here in great quantity – from Michelin stars to karaoke bars – and decent snow is guaranteed.

In a packet of memorabilia, Jackson Hole Ski Area founder Paul McCollister’s name adorns flyers while notes inside an Olympic downhill program record winner Toni Seiler’s time. The post 70 years ago,