The "Mountain Attack" is an annual Austria

Austria

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n ski mountaineering

Ski mountaineering

Ski mountaineering is form of ski touring that variously combines the sports of Telemark, Alpine, and backcountry skiing with that of mountaineering...

 competition, carried out near Saalbach

Saalbach-Hinterglemm

Saalbach-Hinterglemm is a municipality in the district of Zell am See , in the Austrian state of Salzburg. It is well-known for its skiing and other winter sports...

 since 1999.

The competition is separated in a short distance and a long distance course, each offered for a female and a male racer class. There is a separat ranking of racers, older than 45 years. The marathon track passes six summits, and includes an altitude difference of 3,000 meters for the total ascent and for skiing down.

Best marathon racers

(since 2004: "Mountain Man")

year	participant	country	total time (h:min:sec)
1999	Omar Oprandi	Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...	3:05:39
2000	Fabio Meraldi Fabio Meraldi Fabio Meraldi is an Italian ski mountaineer and mountain guide.Meraldi was born in Valtellina. He passed the mountain guide training at the age of 20, and participated in various mountain tours, sky running and ski mountaineering events. He collected four European titles and nine Italian titles...	Italy	2:59:51
2001	Luciano Fontana Luciano Fontana Luciano Fontana is an Italian ski mountaineer and cross-country skier.- Selected results :* 1991:** 1st, Italian Cross-Country Skiing Championship 15km * 2000:...	Italy	2:57:35
2002	Mirco Mezzanotte Mirco Mezzanotte Mirco Mezzanotte is an Italian ski mountaineer.- Selected results :* 2000:** 7th , Patrouille des Glaciers * 2001:...	Italy	2:52:01.0
2003	Martin Hornegger	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...	2:45:05.0
2004	Andreas Ringhofer Andreas Ringhofer Andreas "Ringo" Ringhofer is an Austrian ski mountaineer, cross-country skier, cyclist and long-distance runner.Ringhofer was member of the national ski cross-country skiing squad for twelve years, and has been member of the national team since the foundation of the ASKIMO. Also healthy...	Austria	2:40:28
2005	Andreas Ringhofer	Austria	2:39:42
2006	Guido Giacomelli Guido Giacomelli Guido Giacomelli is an Italian ski mountaineer.Giacomelli was born in Sondalo. He started ski mountaineering in 1995 and competed first in the Pierra Menta race in 1998. He has been member of the national team since 2002...	Italy	2:27:36.7
2007	Guido Giacomelli	Italy	2:32:00.0
2008	Andreas Ringhofer	Austria	2:30:51.7
2009	Guido Giacomelli	Italy	2:32:06.9
2010	Konrad Lex Konrad Lex Konrad Lex is a German ski mountaineer. He is a member of the DAV section Gangkofen and of the national team.- Selected results :* 2005:** 9th, Dammkarwurm* 2006:** 7th, German Championship single...	Germany	2:36:27.0

Best female racer was Simone Hornegger from 2002 to 2006 (in a row), and from 2007 to 2009 Francesca Martinelli

Francesca Martinelli

Francesca Martinelli is an Italian ski mountaineer.Martinelli was born in Milan. She started ski mountaineering in 1980 and competed first in the Gara dell'Adamello race in 2003...

 won the race in series. In 2010, Michaela Eßl placed first.