Backcountry skiing is the act of skiing outside a designated ski area or resort’s boundaries. It can include the use of ski lifts or transports and involves either downhill skiing or cross-country skiing. As such, all the benefits of skiing come with backcountry skiing as...
With the lingering effects of the 2020 global pandemic, it’s still harder than ever for people to get out and exercise. But there’s one winter sport that you can participate in solo (or at least socially-distanced) that provides an excellent source of exercise: cross-country skiing. Cross-Country...
While most people ski downhill, there’s a growing trend for those doing just the opposite — skiing uphill. It's a sport called ski mountaineering, or "skimo" for short. Skimo shouldn’t be confused with off-piste cross-country skiing, or even ski touring, which is backcountry skiing that involves...
Biathlon is a winter sport which combines cross-country skiing (specifically with the skate skiing technique) and rifle shooting at targets. Contestants race against each other to complete a cross-country ski trail divided into multiple shooting rounds. During the shooting stage of the race, athletes who...
When it comes to cross-country skiing, there are two techniques: classic skiing and skate skiing. Read on to learn how these methods differ and whether you need different equipment for each. Cross-country skiing or “Nordic skiing” With cross-country skiing, a person uses their own strength of body...
What is cross-country skiing? Cross-country skiing (also known as “XC skiing”, or often used interchangeably with “Nordic skiing”) is one of the oldest winter sports. It is widely practiced as a sport and a recreational activity and even sometimes as simply a form of transportation. With...