Cross-country skiing dates back to the end of the last ice age, about 8000 B.C. It was probably hunters who first made their own crude skis to travel in deep snow and kill game, when the animals would ...

Long before the days of shredding pow or double backflips, skiing was used as a method of transportation. Dating back to 4000 BCE Norway, skiing was the most efficient way to move across snowy terrain ...

Good news: Skinny skis are for everyone. Unlike alpine skiing that involves expensive lift tickets, pricey gear and mountain-specific geography, cross-country skiing is heaps more accessible. Sure, ...

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The Sierra Club will sponsor a beginner cross country ski outing from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday. Participants will get a taste of the great outdoors with a chance to learn to cross country ski. Lessons ...

The sport of cross country skiing is booming this winter when getting outdoors, exercising and social distancing has never seemed so desirable. What are the best resorts, the best places to learn the ...

Cross-country events are broken down into six competition formats: Individual, Sprint, Team Sprint, Skiathlon, Relay and Mass Start. Each competition includes a men’s and women’s event, with the women ...

Is cross-country skiing a good workout? Cross-country skiing involves gliding across relatively flat ground where the skier propels themselves over the top of the snow. It is a cardiovascular type of ...

Whether preparing for the “Super Bowl of xc skiing in the U.S.,” the American Birkebeiner held every February in northern Wisconsin or just thinking of taking up xc skiing (aka Nordic or cross-country ...