Mountain sport
Mountain sport or Alpine sport ) is one of several types of sport that take place in hilly or mountainous terrain.
Notable major classes of mountain sports include:
- Climbing-based: Mountaineering, ice climbing, rock 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