Wiktionary
alpinism
n. (context sometimes capitalized English) mountain climbing, especially in the Alps.
Usage examples of "alpinism".
On the closer side, the station was candy-striped bright red, white and green, and flew the Italian flag of those same colors, and was manned by a squad of the Alpine Brigade—looking not exactly prepared for alpinism, since they wore high-fronted jackboots, tall shakos and tunics encrusted with braid, frogs and epaulettes.