The 2005 South American Ski Mountaineering Championship () was the first edition of a

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n continental championship of competition ski mountaineering.

Event

The event, which was carried out in combination with the last race of the ''South American Ski Mountaineering Cup'' race and the "2nd International Open" event at

San Carlos de Bariloche San Carlos de Bariloche (from the Mapuche name ''Vuriloche'', meaning "people from the other side of the mountain"), commonly known simply as Bariloche (), is the largest city in the Argentine province of Río Negro and the seat of the departm ...

from 26 to 27 August 2009, was organized by the Federación Argentina de Ski y Andinismo (FASA) and the ''Club Andino Bariloche'' (CAB). It was officially sanctioned by the

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(ISMC), by the Unión Panamericana de Montaña y Escalada (UPAME), by the

Federación Española de Deportes de Montaña y Escalada The Spanish Federation for Mountain and Climbing Sports (, FEDME) located in the ''Floridablanca 84'' in Barcelona, is the Spanish federation of mountain and climbing sports. It was founded under the name ''Federación Española de Alpinismo'' (Spa ...

(FEDME) and by the ''Escuela Militar de Montaña'', the mountain warfare school of the

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. The competitors came from

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and

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, and also two male racers from

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, one from

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and one from

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in the framework of the "International Open of Ski Mountaineering".

Results

Event was held on the

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on 27 August 2005. The

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an participants (''italic'' in the men's ranking list below) did not count in the continental championship ranking, but appeared in the "International Open" ranking. List of the best 10 participants by gender:

External links

Club Andino Bariloche: Archivo Digital CAB
(Spanish)
CAB Mountaineering Digital Archive
(English)
Skimostats.com/statistics/world-cup-victories/2005

References

{{South American Championships of Ski Mountaineering #2005 South American Ski Mountaineering Championship S South American Ski Mountaineering Championship Sport in Río Negro Province Skiing in Argentina