{{Short description|Austrian ski mountaineering competition}} The '''"Mountain Attack"''' is an annual Austrian ski mountaineering competition, carried out near Saalbach 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 separate 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")
{| class="wikitable float-left" style=" margin-top: 0; font-size:85%; width: 470px;" |- ! style="text-align: center; width:30px" | year ! style="text-align: center; width:250px" | participant ! style="text-align: center; width:120px" | country ! style="text-align: center; width:70px" | total time<br />(h:min:sec) |- | 1999 | Omar Oprandi | 15px Italy | 3:05:39 |- | 2000 | Fabio Meraldi | 15px Italy | 2:59:51 |- | 2001 | Luciano Fontana | 15px Italy | 2:57:35 |- | 2002 | Mirco Mezzanotte | 15px Italy | 2:52:01.0 |- | 2003 | Martin Hornegger | 15px Austria | 2:45:05.0 |- | 2004 | Andreas Ringhofer | 15px Austria | 2:40:28 |- | 2005 | Andreas Ringhofer | 15px Austria | 2:39:42 |- | 2006 | Guido Giacomelli | 15px Italy | 2:27:36.7 |- | 2007 | Guido Giacomelli | 15px Italy | 2:32:00.0 |- | 2008 | Andreas Ringhofer | 15px Austria | 2:30:51.7 |- | 2009 |Guido Giacomelli | 15px Italy | 2:32:06.9 |- | 2010 |Konrad Lex | 15px Germany | 2:36:27.0 |- | 2011 |Kílian Jornet Burgada | 15px Spain | 2:33:32.0 |- | 2012 |Kílian Jornet Burgada | 15px Spain | 2:17:14.22 |}
Best female racer was Simone Hornegger from 2002 to 2006 (in a row), and from 2007 to 2009 Francesca Martinelli won the race in series. In 2010, Michaela Eßl placed first,<ref>[http://www.mountain-attack.at/engl_ma/set_ma_e.html 2010 Mountain Attack - results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100414025230/http://www.mountain-attack.at/engl_ma/set_ma_e.html |date=2010-04-14 }}</ref> in 2011 Mireia Miró Varela,<ref>[http://www.mountain-attack.at/html/englisch/resultate_2011.html 2011 results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120116144745/http://www.mountain-attack.at/html/englisch/resultate_2011.html |date=2012-01-16 }}</ref> and in 2012 Michaela Eßl<ref>[http://www.mountain-attack.at/html/englisch/resultate_2012.html 2012 results] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130119055028/http://mountain-attack.at/html/englisch/resultate_2012.html |date=2013-01-19 }}</ref> once again.
== External links == * [http://www.mountain-attack.at/ Official site]
== References == {{reflist}}
Category:Ski mountaineering competitions Category:Sports competitions in Salzburg (state) Category:International sports competitions hosted by Austria Category:Kitzbühel Alps Category:1999 establishments in Austria Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1999