The 2012 World Championship of Ski Mountaineering will be the second World Championship of Ski Mountaineering sanctioned by the International Ski Mountaineering Federation (ISMF), successor organization of the International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions

International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions

The International Council for Ski Mountaineering Competitions located in the Floridablanca 84 in Barcelona was part of the Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme and responsible for ski mountaineering and vertical race competitions...

 (ISMC). The competition will be held in the region around Schladming

Schladming

Schladming is a small mining town in the Austrian state of Styria, that is now very popular with tourists. It has become a large ski resort and has held various skiing competitions recently. The shopping area has lots of cafes, restaurant and a variety of shops and caters well for tourists.As of...

, Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

. The 2012 championships will be the first ones, which are not held in the Western Alps or in the Pyrenees

Pyrenees

The Pyrenees is a range of mountains in southwest Europe that forms a natural border between France and Spain...

.

Also discussed was to carry out the championship in Claut

Claut

Claut is a comune in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 120 km northwest of Trieste and about 35 km northwest of Pordenone...

, Italy. Austria got the acceptance of the UIAA

Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme

The UIAA or Union Internationale des Associations d'Alpinisme, is the organization that represents several million mountaineers and climbers, world-wide, on international issues. Formed in 1932 in Chamonix, France, it now has over 88 members associations from some 76 countries, all of national...

 in due to the good organizations and realizations of the Dachstein Xtreme races by the national ski mountaineering organization ASKIMO, as well as in consequence of the Austrian national squad's successes in international competitions.

Schladming was also elected for the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013

FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013

The FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2013 are scheduled to be held in Schladming, Styria, Austria, in February 2013. The FIS awarded the Alpine World Skiing Championships on 29 May 2008, in Cape Town, South Africa. The other three finalists were Beaver Creek/Vail, Cortina d'Ampezzo, and St...

shortly before on May 29, 2008.