Mountain sport

Examples of mountain sport

Skyrunning

Mixed climbing

Ski mountaineering

Wingsuit flying

Mountain sport (German: Bergsport) or Alpine sport German: Alpinsport) is one of several types of sport that take place in hilly or mountainous terrain.

Notable major classes of mountain sports (with sub-classes) include:

• Climbing-based: Mountaineering (including alpine climbing and expedition climbing), ice climbing (including mixed climbing and dry-tooling), rock climbing (including aid climbing, big wall climbing, and multi-pitch climbing), and Via Ferrata climbing

• Jumping-based: BASE jumping, hang gliding, and wingsuit flying

• Skiing-based: Backcountry skiing, freeriding, ski-BASE jumping, ski touring, and ski mountaineering

• Walking/orienteering/running-based: Adventure racing, fell running, hillwalking, mountain marathon, scrambling, skyrunning, and trekking

Other specific classes of mountain-sport include:

• Canyoning
• Mountain biking

See also

• List of sports
• Glossary of climbing terms