When Seattle’s incessant winter rains and dank skies sop my soul, dampen my disposition and sodden my socks, the quickest cure for my seasonal blahs is an overnight getaway to the snow zone. If time… Read More »Leavenworth, Washington, Offers Winter Recreation with a Twist of German Kitsch
Once again, Cross Country Skier magazine and a few of our industry friends are teaming up to head to some of New England’s top cross country centers for the 2024 Tour de Trail. At each stop, we will be offering the latest no-wax, skin and skate skis for demo. Plus, we’ll be selling raffle tickets to support NENSA’s youth and family programming (drawing will take place shortly after the last tour stop).
Cross Country Skier magazine’s Tour de Trail is made possible with the support of Salomon, Alpina, Kästle, Madshus and Atomic.
With 120 kilometers of groomed trail, Snow Mountain Ranch ranks as one of Colorado’s largest Nordic centers and was the perfect home for this year’s Cross Country Skier gear test. We covered only a small… Read More »Ski for Days at Snow Mountain Ranch
This story first appeared in the Early Winter 2022 issue of Cross Country Skier (41.2). We were kicking hard and gliding long on Lyle’s Loop, a trail that passes through a mountain meadow in the… Read More »Cruising Crust and Finding Community in McCall, Idaho
An airy snow falls as we glide past babbling creeks and through wintry meadows on the Galena Trails north of Ketchum, Idaho. All is quiet but for the huffing of our breaths and the occasional… Read More »Sun Valley: Nordic Town, USA
Western colorado’s Grand Mesa is the highest flat-topped mountain in the world. Rising to 11,000 feet where the Colorado Plateau—Edward Abbey’s country—meets the Rockies, the Mesa receives the first cut of snow from storms off… Read More »Powder Day on Colorado’s Grand Mesa