Photo: Damiano Levati/Red Bull

Come rain or shine, skimo athlete and vertical runner Victoria Kreuzer is almost a permanent fixture on the mountains. An uphill ski-mountaineering champion during winter and a Vertical Kilometer™ runner come spring, Victoria has numerous podiums to her name (including a recent win at the Epic Ski Tour) and has completed some of Europe’s toughest uphill events.

Here, the multi-talented Swiss athlete answers my questions about skimo and vertical running, and reveals how it’s taken ten years to master juggling an all-year-round racing calendar.