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Ski mountaineering enjoys great popularity. ISPO.com introduces the toughest races in the world. One race was first used for testing by the Swiss military, another is named after a pioneer of ski mountaineering.

Claudia Timm Author: Claudia Timm
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Across the mountains on the Pierra Menta, the biggest ski touring race in France. The ordeal lasts four days, over 10,000 metres in altitude.

Across the mountains on the Pierra Menta, the biggest ski touring race in France. The race in front of the high-gloss panorama over 10,000 metres in altitude takes four days.

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Support from the Swiss army in the Portage during the Patrouille des Glaciers, which once served to test the Swiss troops.

Support from the Swiss army in the Portage during the Patrouille des Glaciers, which once served to test the Swiss troops.

Image credit: Patrol of Glacier
Ski touring marathon at night on the Sellaronda: In Italy, ski mountaineers start with headlamps over four Dolomite passes.

Ski touring marathon at night on the Sellaronda: In Italy, ski mountaineers start with headlamps over four Dolomite passes.

Image credit: Paolo Finali
Mass start at the Mountain Attack in Saalbach, where the runners overcome more than 3000 meters of altitude difference on a good 40 kilometers.

Mass start at the Mountain Attack in Saalbach, where the runners overcome more than 3000 meters of altitude difference on a good 40 kilometers.

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The German Championship at the Jennerstier 2017: a short but demanding course in the Berchtesgadener Land. The championship will also be decided here in 2019.

The German Championship at the Jennerstier 2017: a short but demanding course in the Berchtesgadener Land. The championship will also be decided here in 2019.

Image credit: Willi Seebacher
The Trofeo Mezzalama in the Italian Aosta Valley is 45 kilometres long and named after the pioneer of military mountaineering Ottorino Mezzalama.

The Trofeo Mezzalama in the Italian Aosta Valley is 45 kilometres long and named after the pioneer of military mountaineering Ottorino Mezzalama.

Image credit: Regione Autonoma Valle d'Aosta - Marco Spataro
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Across the mountains on the Pierra Menta, the biggest ski touring race in France. The ordeal lasts four days, over 10,000 metres in altitude.
Support from the Swiss army in the Portage during the Patrouille des Glaciers, which once served to test the Swiss troops.
Ski touring marathon at night on the Sellaronda: In Italy, ski mountaineers start with headlamps over four Dolomite passes.
Mass start at the Mountain Attack in Saalbach, where the runners overcome more than 3000 meters of altitude difference on a good 40 kilometers.
The German Championship at the Jennerstier 2017: a short but demanding course in the Berchtesgadener Land. The championship will also be decided here in 2019.
The Trofeo Mezzalama in the Italian Aosta Valley is 45 kilometres long and named after the pioneer of military mountaineering Ottorino Mezzalama.
Claudia Timm Author: Claudia Timm
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