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On 15 October 2025 American ski mountaineer Jim Morrison became the first person to ski the North Face of Mount Everest via its most challenging and elusive line, a linkup of the Hornbein and Japanese Couloirs. Morrison summited with a team of 11 other mountaineers including fixers, Sherpas and a...

Polish ski mountaineer Andrzej Bargiel has become the first person in the world to climb and then make a complete ski descent of Mount Everest (8,849m) without supplementary oxygen. The 37-year-old skied the mountain's south face and stopped for the night at Camp II.

On 17 March 2021 Luca Pandolfi perished in an avalanche above Flassin at Saint-Oyen in the Aosta Valley. Known by everyone, the Italian was a highly regarded snowboarder.

On 19 June 2018 Paul Bonhomme and Vivian Bruchez made a rare ski descent of the mythical NW Face of Aiguille Verte, also referred to as Nant Blanc, in the Mont Blanc massif.

Davide Capozzi reports about the recent ski and snowboard descent of the Aiguille Carrée Couloir on Aiguille Verte, Mont Blanc, repeated on 21 February 2013 together with Julien Herry and Luca Rolli.

Italian extreme skier Davide Capozzi talks about this sport, with particular reference to the Mont Blanc mountain range, from the classic descents to those who have left their mark in the white gold.

For more than 10 days the French snowboarder and mountaineer marco siffredi has been reported missing from the North Face of Everest.

The first ascent of Everest was carried out in 1953. The timeline about the first ski and snowboard descents off the highest mountain in the world.

Interview by Emilio Previtali with 38-year-old Slovenian extreme skier and alpinist Davo Karnicar after his ski down the South Face of Everest.

On 23 May the Frenchman marco siffredi, snowboarded down the Norton Couloir on the 8850m North Face of Everest, 8850m

Thomas Huber and Iwan Wolf awarded prestigious Piolet d'Or 2001 by Montagnes Magazine for Shivas Line on Shivling