Ski Mountaineering made its Olympic debut on Thursday. For fans and competitors alike, it was a day to remember.

Ski mountaineering will make its debut at the 2026 Winter Olympics. Here's how the event works.

BORMIO, Italy (AP) — They skied uphill through a diamond-shaped pattern and climbed a flight of on-slope stairs in their ski boots. Far from done, they endured more lung-searing climbing, with skis back on,

Ski mountaineering, or skimo, made its Olympic debut with uphill sprints, stairs and ski descents, featuring Americans Anna Gibson and Cameron Smith.

Swiss world champion Marianne Fatton easily won the first ever ski mountaineering Olympic gold medal amid heavy snowfall in the women's sprint on Thursday. Fatton completed the course in 2 minutes 59.

The 2026 Milan-Cortino Winter Olympics is set to debut a new sport: ski mountaineering, also known as skimo. Over the course of two days at the Stelvio Ski Centre located in Bormio, Italy, 36 athletes will compete in three main events: men’s sprints, women’s sprints, and mixed relay.

Switzerland's Marianne Fatton clinched the first ski mountaineering gold medal in Olympics history Thursday, winning by 2.38 seconds in Bormio, Italy.

On the day ski mountaineering made its Olympic debut, Switzerland's Marianne Fatton and Spain's Oriol Cardona Coll won gold.

Marianne Fatton made history by winning gold in the first-ever Winter Olympic ski mountaineering sprint event. Can't view the above video? Click here. The newest sport on the Olympic program made its debut Thursday at the 2026 Milan Cortina Winter Olympics.