The snowpack may look pathetic in much of Minnesota this winter, but the cold weather means cross-country skiers can still glide on machine-made snow. It’s a matter of knowing where to go. Four skiing ...

Cross-country skiing is one of my favorite ways to get a full-body workout during the winter, and I love finding new trails through the Cross Country Ski Areas Association. I suppose that it’s partly ...

This would take no time at all on downhill skis. I could barely hear my thoughts above the loud grind of my cross-country skis that I held stiffly in pizza mode (meaning, I was pointing my skis ...

One of the shared winter loves of the North Country region is cross country skiing - through hay fields, on golf courses, or on a tracked and groomed trail system, people get out! And one of the ...

CHEYENNE Nordic skiing is another term for cross-country skiing. At least that's what I used to mean. Nordic skiing means that your heel is not attached to your ski; only the toe of your boot fits in ...

It’s even hard for me to believe but it’s true: Until last week, despite a lifetime of ski dedication, I’d never cross-country skied. It wasn’t about proximity: My family ski house was set on a peak ...

The Nordic skiing network in Aspen and Snowmass is something of a unicorn in winter recreation — a system of free trails across public and private lands, available to everyone. There are about 90 ...

Jan. 6—Emily Cartwright does all she can to promote Nordic skiing. The former All-American at the University of New Hampshire has developed Nordic clubs for all ages in the Bangor area and her current ...

If you cross-country ski in Minnesota, you’ve probably heard of Ahvo Taipale, the Finnish founder of Finn Sisu and former coach of the University of Minnesota women’s Nordic ski team. An icon in the ...

Rollerskies. Water ramps. Halfpipe airbags. Team USA's winter snow athletes keep sharp in the warm months in all sorts of ...