A vertical race is a special kind of

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without the typical downhill skiing after ascending. At the mountain running and climbing passages the runners have to carry their skis in their backpacks. Vertical races for women and men are part of all international ski mountaineering competitions of the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions as well as at many national competitions. The

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(UIAA)is working toward the goal of having vertical race become an Olympic discipline at the

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, .''Die Sportart Skibergsteigen''
(German) in ''Dachstein Xtreme 2008: Streckenänderungen beschlossen'', mountains2b.com, March 2008.

Championships

At World Championships of Skimountaineering a vertical race was firstly rated in 2004 an at the

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in 2005.

References

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