List of ski descents of eight-thousanders

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Steve Marolt skiing down the northeast ridge of Everest in 2007

This is a list of ski descents of eight-thousanders (which are the 14 highest peaks in the world that are over 8,000 meters (26,000 feet) in elevation). [1] Such feats are part of the sport of ski mountaineering, and also related to the sport of extreme skiing. The first descents can be traced to the 1970s.

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Notable firsts

List by eight-thousander

Mount Everest

NEPAL/TIBET - 8850 meters [7]

Skier NameNationalityDateStart Altitude (meters)Descent RouteNotesO2Age
Hans Kammerlander Italy 19968848N. faceFirst 300m from summit, then 1,000m by foot, then skied entire remaining route to Advanced Base Camp (ABC). [6] No39
Davo Karničar Slovenia 20008848S. col1st Summit (8,848 meters) to Base Camp (5,380 meters) ski descent by the South Col route, with oxygen, without removing skis (a total vertical drop of 3,488 meters/11,443 Feet) in 4h:40min. Completion of this route required skiing the Hillary Step, the Lhotse Face, and the Khumbu Ice Fall. [3] Yes37
Marco SiffrediFrance20018848Norton Couloir1st descent of mountain by snowboard (summit to ABC with no rappel) [8] Yes22
Stefan GattAustria20018848Norton CouloirSnowboard descent was interrupted, complete only from 8848m-8630m and 7600m-6500m due to lack of snow, and had to stop before ABC, thus crediting first complete descent to Siffredi the day after. [9] No30
Kit DesLauriers United States 20068848S. col1st woman to ski off summit (making her also the first woman to ski from the Seven Summits). Switched to crampons in Hillary Step due to low oxygen. Spent night at South Col (Camp IV, ~7,900 meters), skied Lhotse Face to Camp II (6,400 meters), then during same day to Base Camp using a combination of skis and crampons. [3] Yes36
Jimmy Chin United States 20068848S. PillarSkied from Summit; abseiled (rappelled) Hillary Step with skis on; skied from bottom of Hillary Step to South Summit; skied the South Pillar route which is the fall line from Camp 4; spent night at Camp IV (7,900 meters; skied Lhotse Face to Advanced Base Camp (ABC) [3] Yes33
Rob Deslauriers United States 20068848S. colabseiled Hillary Step with skis on; hiked to South Col; spent night at 7,800 meters; skied Lhotse Face to Advanced Base Camp (ABC) [3] Yes41
Olof Sundstrom Sweden 20068848N. ridgeto Advanced Base Camp (ABC, 6,400 meters), removed skis for several sections [3] Yes25
Martin Letzer Sweden 20068848N. ridgeto ABC (6400), removed skis for several sections [3] Yes25
Tormod Granheim Norway 20068848Nortonto 8,800; 87,50 to 8,500; 8,480 to 7,100, camped overnight; to 6,500m [3] Yes31
Tomas Olsson Sweden 20068848Nortondied from fall at 8500 [3] Yes30
Pierre Tardivel  [ fr ] France 19928760S. colto c2. world altitude record at time [10] Yes28
Dominique Perret Switzerland 1996?8300N. faceHornblein couloir, n. face [11] No34
Jean Afanassieff  [ fr ] France 19788200S. colto 6200 "not in one smooth run" [3] [12] [13] Yes25
Nicolas Jaeger France 19788200S. colto 6200 "not in one smooth run" [3] [12] [13] Yes31
Reinhard Patschneider Italy 19878200lhotse face from S. colfell dislocated shoulder [3] Yes30
Brice Lequertier France 20038200S. colto 6100 [3] 26
Yuichiro Miura Japan 19708082S. col5-6 turns to S. Col, then wore parachute in schuss to ~6200, ended with fall [2] Yes37
Petr Machold† Hungary 20037600N Col-NE RidgeSnowboard descent hampered by lack of snow, preventing descent of the entire route, which aimed to be the first snowboard descent from the Tibetan side [14] [3] No30

K2

PAKISTAN - 8611 meters

Skier NameNationalityDateStart Altitude (meters)Descent RouteNotesO2Age
Andrzej Bargiel Poland20188611The combination of the normal route (Abruzzi), then Basque route to camp 3, then traverse via Messner's variant to the Polish route and ski down to BCsummiteer; 1st summit to bc ski descent without removing skisNo30
Hans Kammerlander Italy 20018611Abruzzisummiteer; skied top 400m, climbed rest of route due to conditions and pitch [3] No44
David Watson United States 20098351Abruzzidid not summit; skied to c3 (7351), downclimbed pyramid and chimney, skied 6400 to 5100 [15] Yes34
Fredrik Ericsson Sweden 20107800Cesen/Basque Routedid not summit; skied to BC (5100 m); died in the attempt to reach the summit [16] No35
Luis Stitzinger Germany 20118050Cesen/Basque Route to C3, traverse to Kukuczka Route, down to BCdid not summit; skied Kukuczka Route to BC (5100 m); longest ski descent up to date [17] No39

Kangchenjunga

NEPAL - 8586 meters

Bartek Ziemski NO O2 Skied from summit

No ski descents from above 8000 meters

Lhotse

NEPAL - 8516 meters

Skier NameNationalityDateStart Altitude (meters)Descent RouteNotesO2Age
Jamie Laidlaw United States 20078300Faceto 6400 at night [3] Yes27
Hilaree Nelson United States 20188516Dream Linesummiteer; 1st summit to bc ski descentYes
Jim Morrison United States 20188516Dream Linesummiteer; 1st summit to bc ski descentYes

Makalu

NEPAL - 8466

Skier NameNationalityDateStart Altitude (Meters)Descent RouteNotesO2Age
Adrian Ballinger United States20228451NW RidgeFirst summit to crampon point ski descent. Started Ski descent from 15m below summit due to crowds on the summit. Abseiled without skis for 60m in the French Couloir due to pure rock section around 8,077m. Skied NW Ridge before abseiling with skis on from 7100m to 6900m due to steep rock/ice section. Descended the remaining 1000m to crampon point using fixed lines sparingly as hand line. Finished the descent to ABC on foot. [18] [19] Yes46
Bartek ZiemskiPoland20248466Partial ski descent, had to step out of skis on French Couloir, and skied down to 6000m, where the snow ended [20] [21] No29

Cho Oyu

NEPAL - 8188 meters

Skier NameNationalityDateStart Altitude (meters)Descent RouteNotesO2Age
Veronique Perillat France 19888188NW sidemonoski, first woman from 8000m [4] [5] No26
Adrian Ballinger United States 20138188NW sidecontinuous to C1, no snow below C1; 10m roped skiing at icecliff [22] Yes37
Sergey Baranov Russia 20138188NW sidecontinuous to C1, no snow below C1; 10m roped skiing at icecliff [22] Yes44
Halvard Stave Norway 20018188NW sideto rock band at 7800; c3 to c2; fell 300m but ok [3] Yes25
Thierry Renard France 19878188NW sideto 6200 - descent disputed [3] No41
Russell Reginald Brice New Zealand 19968188W. ridge -W. faceto 7500 [3] Yes44
Stefan Gatt Austria 19998100mNW sideSnowboard descent from start of slope of summit plateau to rock ridge, walked 30m with the board board 8000m to C3 (7450m); next day Gatt snowboarded from C3 to 6800m.No28
Marco Siffredi France 20008188NW sideSnowboard descent to 6400m [8] Yes21
Bertrand Delapierre France 20008188NW sideSnowboard descent to 6400m [8] No24
Hajime Terayama Japan 20008188NW sideto 7400 [3] Yes33
Laura Bakos United States 20008188NW sideto 6600 w/ overnight at camp 3 [3] No32
Vladimir Smrz Switzerland 20008188NW sideto c2, removed skis at yellow band [3] No35
Vladislav Terzyul Ukraine 20008188NW sideto c2; side stepped certain rock bands [3] No47
Laura Bakos United States 20008188NW SideSkied from summit to 6600m [8] No32
Viki Groselj Slovenia 20018188NW sidetop to c1, overnight at c2; no snow below c1 [3] No49
Kristoffer Erickson United States 20018188NW sideto c3(7500) [12] Yes28
Kazuka Hiraide Japan 20018188NW sideto c3(7500) [3] No22
Kristoffer EriksonUnited States20028118NW side [23]
Thomas Laemmle Germany 20038188NW sideto rock band 7800; 7600 to serac (6800); 6750 to snow end (6000) [3] No37
Wilhemus Pasquier Switzerland 20038188NW sideto C1 (6400) [3] No54
Greg Nieuwenhuys Netherlands 20048188NW sideto 8000, overnight at c3 (7500), ski c3/c2 and 6750/6400 [3] No24
Takashi Nizayama Japan 20048188NW sideskinned up from 8000; skied from summit to 8000 [3] Yes43
Tomas Olsson Sweden 20048188NW sidecontinuous to c1 (6400) [3] No28
Tormod Granheim Norway 20048188NW sidecontinuous to c1 (6400) [3] No30
Martin Walter Schmidt New Zealand 20048188NW sidecontinuous to c1 (6400) [3] No44
Todd Cavell Windle New Zealand 20048188NW sideto 7800 [3] Yes30
Jean Noel Urban France 20058188NW sidecontinuous to c2(6750) [3] No45
Kasha Rigby United States 20058188NW sideto abc (5700) with overnight at c2; 1st telemark descent [3] Yes35
Hilaree Nelson United States 20058188NW sideto abc with overnight at c2 [3] Yes32
Kenton Edward Cool Great Britain 20068188NW Sideto abc (abseiled icefall c2-c1) [3] Yes33
Dusan Debelak Slovenia 20068188NW sideto c2 (6750) [3] No40
Octavio DeFazio Argentina 20068188NW sideto c1 (6400) (except 10m ice cliff) [3] Yes36
Martina Palm Switzerland 20068188NW sideto c1 (6400) (except 10m ice cliff) [3] Yes32
Steve Marolt United States 20078188NW sideto c1 (6600) [3] [24] No42
Medhi Didault France 20078188NW sideto c1 (6600) [3] No22
Tyler Johnson United States 20078188NW sideto abc (5700) with overnight at c2 [3] No31
Rory Stark United States 20078188NWsideto abc (5700) with overnight at c2 [3] No36
James Gile United States 20078150NW sideto c1(6600) [3] No43
Michael Aasheim United States 20058100NW Sideskied to abc (5700) (thru icefall) [3] No43
Daniel McCann United States 20058100NW sideskied to abc (5700) (thru icefall) [3] No43
Mike Marolt United States 20078100NW sideto c1 (6600) [24] No42
Fabio Beozzi Italy 20118100NW sideto 6000 (thru Messner Route, 1st ski descent) [3] No37
Jose Diogo Giraldes Tavares Portugal 20118050NW sideto ABC (5700) with overnight at c2 (7100) [3] No44
Brooks Entwistle United States 20168188NW sideTo C1; No snow below C1; rappelled ice cliff and yellow bandYes49
Zebulon Blais United States 20168188NW sideContinuous to C1; no snow below C1; roped skiing through yellow band and ice cliffYes33
Emily Harrington United States 20168188NW sideContinuous to C1; no snow below C1; roped skiing through ice cliff [25] Yes30
Adrian Ballinger Great Britain 20168188NW sideContinuous to C1; no snow below C1; roped skiing through ice cliff [25] Yes40
Aleksander Ostrowski Poland 20158188NW sideTo C2, removed skis, packed a tent and then to C1 on skis [26] No26
Caroline Gleich United States20188188NW sideTo C1: rappelled yellow band and ice cliffYes32

Dhaulagiri

NEPAL - 8167 meters

Skier NameNationalityDateStart Altitude (meters)Descent RouteNotesO2Age
David Fojtik Czech Republic 20098147NE Ridge20m below summit couloir to 30m above C3 (7200);C2 (6700) to BC (4700) [3] No36
Bartek Ziemski Poland 20238167NE RidgeZiemski skied down the West Couloir all the way to base camp, but took off his skis briefly at C3 to wait for his team members and at C2 to pack up his tent. [8] [27] No28

Manaslu

NEPAL - 8163 meters

Skier NameNationalityDateStart Altitude (meters)Descent RouteNotesO2Age
Vladimir Vladimirov Pavlov Bulgaria 20198150NE FaceSnowboard descent from 8,150m to 6,200 m [8] Yes38
Anthony B Marra United States 20198163NE Faceskis off 6100 to 5800, no sherpa support above BC [28] No28
Wei Xie China 20188100NE FaceSnowboard from 100m below summit to C3, then back to BC at the same day.Yes40
Kimiko Kawasaki Japan 20108000NE FaceAfter conventional summit, snowboard descent to 7500m [8] Yes34
Kenji Kondo Japan 20108000NE FaceAfter conventional summit, snowboard descent to 7500m [8] Yes48
Jess Shade United States 20218163NE Faceskis off part of C4 to C3 due to wind slabs and C2 to C1, second female descent; Minimal support by using tents in high campsYes33
Benedikt Bohm Germany 20128163NE Faceto bc (5000); skis off 7400-7300 [29] No35
Vitaly Lazo Russia 20178163NE Faceto c1 (5300); skis off 7400-7300 and 6400-6200 [29] [30] No44
Anton Pugovkin Russia 20178000NE Faceto c1 (5300); skis off 7400-7300 and 6400-6200 [29] [31] No39
Adrian Ballinger United States 20118163NE Faceskied summit cornice from top, skis off 6100 to 5800 on descent from summit due to avalanche, 6100-5800 (hourglass) skied on previous day [32] Yes34
Andrzej Bargiel Poland 20148163NE Faceskied from summit to 6500m [8] No26
Sergey Baranove Russia 20118148NE Faceskis off 6100 to 5800 "hourglass" [33] Yes
Guy Willet Great Britain 20098148NE Facedownclimbed 1st 15m, skied to 5050 w/ 5m downclimb @6250 [34] Yes38
Robert Kay United States/Australia 20118148NE Facedownclimbed 1st 15m, skied to 7400 and 5800 to 5000 (crampon point) [35] Yes49
Emma Jack Great Britain 20098148NE FaceSkied to 5000m where snow ran out w/ short downclimb @ 6250m [36] Yes36
Kenton Cool Great Britain 20108148NE Faceto C2 (6400)/ 2 days [37] Yes37
Andrew Eggleston Great Britain 20108148NE Faceto C2 (6400)/ 2 days [37] Yes30
Josef Millinger Austria 19818133NE Faceskied from about 30m below summit to c5; then to c1 next day [38] No39
Peter Woergoetter Austria 19818133NE Faceskied from about 30m below summit to c5; then to c1 next day [38] No39
Nobukazu Kuriki栗城史多  [ ja ] Japan 20088133NE Faceto c3 (6900) then to bc next day (4800) [3] No26
Sebastian Haag Germany 20128003NE Faceto basecamp (5000) with skis off 7400-7300 [29] No34
Constantin Pade 20128003NE Faceto basecamp (5000) with skis off 7400-7300 [29] No
Andres Jorquera Taipa Chile 20098000NE Faceto 5000 (crampon pt) over 3 days [3] No33
Anna Tybor Poland 20218156NE Faceski descent from fore summit, stopped to pick up gear at camps 4 and 3 on way down [39] [40] No29

Benjamin Darcé -USA from 8100 (just below summit ridge) no oxygen or Sherpa support.

Nanga Parbat

PAKISTAN - 8126 meters

SkierNameNationalityDateStart Altitude (meters)Descent RouteNotesO2Age
Hans Kammerlander Italy 19908025Diamir face (Kinshofer)downclimb top 100m, ski to bc [41] No34
Diego Wellig  [ de ] Switzerland 19908025Diamir face (Kinshofer)downclimb 1st 100m, ski to bc [41] No29
Luis Stitzinger Germany 20087850Central Diamir Face (Independent Line parallel to Messner Solo Route 1978)complete ski descent, ski to side moraine, 4600 m [42] No39
Boris Langenstein France 20198070ski descent with skis on the entire way is the most complete ski descent recorded [43] 33

Annapurna

NEPAL - 8093 meters

Skier NameNationalityDateStart Altitude (meters)Descent RouteNotesO2Age
Yves Morin France 19798091N Faceskied all sections but died at 6600 on descent from summit [3] No34
Davo Karničar Slovenia 19958091normal route1st descent from top to bc in one day - hawley notes suggest started 1200m below top? [3] No32
Andrej Karnicar Slovenia 19958091normal route1st descent from top to bc in one day [3] No25
Bartek Ziemski Poland 20238091N FaceSkied from summit to camp 4 to wait for team member. Then skied to camp 3 without rappelling. At camp 2, they learned another climber had fallen in a crevasse, and went to assist. Later skied from camp 2 to 4800 m, when the snow ran out. [8] [44] [45] [46] No28

Gasherbrum I

- PAKISTAN - 8080 meters

Skier NameNationalityDateStart Altitude (meters)Descent RouteNotesO2Age
Sylvain Saudan Switzerland 19828080N. Facepossibly longest 50 degree slope ever skied, [47] descent required making 3,000 metres of jump turns [48] No42
Iztok Tomazin Slovenia 19958080N. FaceOvernight at c3, Abseiled 8m section in Japanese couloir, to 5300 [49] No45
Luis Stitzinger Germany 20188080N. FaceSkied from the summit, descended a passage 7800-7600 by foot (icy), overnight at c3, descended Japanese Couloir by foot (avalanche hazard), to 5400 (edge of icefall) [50] No50
Andrzej Bargiel Poland 20238080N. Face [51] [52] 35

Broad Peak

PAKISTAN - 8051 meters

Skier NameNationalityDateStart Altitude (meters)Descent RouteNotesO2Age
Hans Kammerlander Italy 19947850West Ridgedescent from col (7850 m) to bc [53] No38
Luis Stitzinger Germany 20117850West Ridgedescent from col (7850 m) to bc [17] No39
Andrzej Bargiel Poland 20158051West Ridgeonly descent from top to bc in 3 hrs [54] No27
Bartosz Ziemski Poland 20228051West Ridgetook his skis off twice - the first time for the return ascent of Rocky Summit and the second time at the railing ropes in the krux on the rocky traverse [55] No27
Tom Lafaille France 20238051West Ridge [56] [57] No21
Anna Tybor Poland 20238051West Ridge [56] [58] No31

Gasherbrum II

PAKISTAN - 8034 meters

Skier NameNationalityDateStart Altitude (meters)Descent RouteNotesO2Age
Jacques Demarolle France 19848034SW Ridgeskied summit to c4 (7500) [59]
Frederic Maurel France 19848034SW Ridgeskied summit to c4 (7500) [59]
P. Glaizes France 19848034SW Ridgeskied summit to c4 (7500) [59]
P. Guedu France 19848034SW Ridgeskied summit to c4 (7500) [59]
Wilhemus Pasquier Switzerland 19848034SW Ridgesummit to bc (5200) over 3 days all on ski including 10m serac repel [59] 35
Patrice Bournat France 19848034SW Ridgesummit to bc (5200) over 3 days all on ski including 10m serac repel [59]
Thierry Renard France 19858034South Facebivouacked at 7500, skied to c1 (5400) next day. [60] 42
Fredrik Ericsson Sweden 20058034East and south Facefrom summit by the east and then direct south face to ABC (5600m)No30
Jorgen Aamot Norway 20058034East and south Facefrom summit by the east and then direct south face to ABC (5600m)No31
Jean Noel Urban France 20068034SW RidgeNo46
Luis Stitzinger Germany 20068034SW Ridge17hr ABC to ABC (5900m); skied entire descent [61] No37
Benedikt Bohm Germany 20068034SW Ridgesummit to c3 [61] No29
Sebastian Haag Germany 20068034SW Ridgesummit to c3 [61] No28
Benedikt Bohm Germany 20068034SW Ridge17hr ABC to ABC (5900m); skied entire descent [61] No29
Sebastian Haag Germany 20068034SW Ridge17hr ABC to ABC (5900m); skied entire descent [61] No28
Bartosz Ziemski Poland 20228034SW Ridgedue to the approach near Camp 2, he takes off his skis. Then, on the first steep part of Banana Ridge, he makes a lateral descent, secured by a rappelling rope, after which he continues down to Camp 1. The last section from Camp 1 to Base Camp is done half on skis (the flat part of the glacier), while the Icefall is done on foot. [55] No27
Andrzej Bargiel Poland 20238034SW [51] No35

Shisha Pangma

CHINA - 8027 meters

Skier NameNationalityDateStart Altitude (meters)Descent RouteNotesO2Age
Peter Woergoetter Austria 19858027NE Faceuncertain if descended from main or central summit [62] 44
Oswald Gassler Austria 19858027NE Faceuncertain if descended from main or central summit [62] 38
Mark Whetu New Zealand 19878027Northern routeAAJ'88/279 suggests whetu from summit [63] 28
Jerzy Kukuczka Poland 1987~8000Northern Routefrom bivac at around 8000m, partial descent [63] No39
Jean Noel Urban France 20058027SW Face - scott rtemain summit partial descent [64] No45
Giorgio Daidola Italy 19888027Northern Route [65] No
Pino Negri Italy 19888027Northern Route [65]
Christian Kuntner Italy 19988027 [66] [67] No36
Mike Marolt United States 20008008Northern Routecentral summit; 1st N. Am. to ski from 8000m [68] No36
Steve Marolt United States 20008008Northern routecentral summit; 1st N. Am. to ski from 8000m [68] No36
Fredrik Ericsson Sweden 20048008central summit [69] No29
Jean Noël Urban France 20048008SW Face - Loretan rtecentral summit partial descent [64] No44
Mark Newcomb United States 20058008Untschcentral summit [70] No38
Kent McBride United States 20058008Untschcentral summit [70] No
Luis Stitzinger Germany 20138027Inaki Route NE Facemain summit to end moraine(5900m); skied entire descent [71] No44

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Tenjen Sherpa, also known as Tenjen Lama Sherpa, was a Nepalese mountaineer who climbed all 14 eight-thousander together with Kristin Harila in 92 days. He went missing after an avalanche hit on Shishapangma on 7 October 2023. He was declared dead by Chinese authorities on 8 October 2023.

Richard Frank "Rick" Allen was a Scottish mountaineer. Allen summitted six eight-thousanders and was the first British climber atop some of Tajikistan's biggest mountains. He had over 40 years experience climbing in the Himalayas at the time of his death.

Luis Andreas Stitzinger was a German ski mountaineer, alpinist, and mountain guide. Stitzinger was one of the most prominent big mountain skiers of his generation, known for his ten successful summits of eight-thousanders, and ski descents of seven of them.

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