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 ...

BORMIO, Italy — The newest sport on the Olympic program goes by the name “skimo,” which is short for ski mountaineering. It's basic principles are just as condensed: race up the slope and back down as ...

It’s around 102 years since the very first Winter Olympics were held in the French resort of Chamonix, but this year’s Games will be the first to feature the sport of skimo.