The Comité International du Ski-Alpinisme de Compétition (CISAC) was the international committee

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 of competition ski mountaineering

Ski mountaineering

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 and was founded in 1991.

Founding members were France

France

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, Italy

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, Spain

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, Andorra

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, Slovakia

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 and Switzerland

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. The organization organized the first European Cup and the first European Championship of Skimountaineering in 1992. In 1999 the CISAC was merged into 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) of the Union Internationale des Associations d’Alpinisme (UIAA).