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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Learn how Olympic cross-country skiing works — explore race formats (sprint, distance, relay, skiathlon), timing methods, ...

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 ...

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 ...

I grew up in Minneapolis, so I can say this for sure: Winter is more bearable when you have something to look forward to. We knew it was going to get dark and cold for five months, so you either ...

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 ...

Visualize being at the summit of a ski resort on a bluebird powder day, surrounded by a glorious panorama filled with snowcapped peaks glistening in the distance. Now imagine you and a few ski buddies ...

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 ...