Talk:Mountain sport

Duplication of mountaineering?
This article seems to be a part-duplication of mountaineering? Should it not be merged/redirected to mountaineering? Aszx5000 (talk) 12:39, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
 * This is really an umbrella article in which mountaineering is only one of the mountain sports. Others include: climbing, ski touring, ski mountaineering, freeriding, snowshoeing, hiking, hillwalking, mountain biking, paragliding, trekking and canyoning. The mountaineering article perhaps clouds the issue by including activities that are not related to ascending mountains. Bermicourt (talk) 12:50, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
 * Should the name be changed to say "Mountain-based sports" (i.e. clarify that it is not just mountaineering and that there are many of them)? Aszx5000 (talk) 12:55, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
 * That could certainly be part of the explanation included in the lede, but according to Ngram viewer "mountain sports" and "mountain sport" are common expressions in book sources whereas "mountain-based sport(s)" is too rare to be included. Bermicourt (talk) 13:18, 11 February 2023 (UTC)
 * That is helpful. Another option is "List of mountain sports", like List of water sports (and others).  Ultimately, the article has a disambiguation feel? Aszx5000 (talk) 13:24, 11 February 2023 (UTC)

Via Ferratas
Why are via ferratas included as a discreet and independent "mountain sport"?

Would it not be a part of "hiking"?

Alternately, shouldn't it be excluded if in-bounds skiing is excluded for the (very reasonable) argument that "prepared" routes are not traditionally a part of "mountain sports" (which imply a backcountry, unprepared element)? 2601:280:4000:3D:FC88:6579:C2FC:5800 (talk) 17:09, 20 April 2023 (UTC)

Move to List of mountain sports
Was thinking of updating this article but feel that it is really a List of mountain sports (for which we would then add descriptions to the relevant larger articles on these sports, as per Climbing). Any objections? thanks. Aszx5000 (talk) 16:20, 19 November 2023 (UTC)


 * Have re-done this as an SIA article, which also preserves the title as it. Hope that works. Aszx5000 (talk) 13:39, 25 November 2023 (UTC)