A guest post by Roger Lohr of XCSkiResorts.com While the kids are still young enough to accompany their parents on a trip, head up to the hills during the winter school breaks. Cross-country (XC) skiing and snowshoeing are easy enough to enable the family to have a memorable adventure together and the nation’s top XC ski resort […]
Cross Country Skiing
Biathlon: The Yin and Yang of Winter Sports
At first, I thought I might shoot my foot off. Three friends and I had signed up for a clinic to learn biathlon at Tamarack Lodge in Mammoth, California. Each March, Mammoth is the site of the largest biathlon competition in the United States. It’s a race where novices and Olympians rub shoulders, before they are divided […]
Eldora Mountain Resort, CO: 50 Years of Alpine and Nordic Fun
On New Year’s Eve day, our family celebrated in a sparkly sort of way. We’re not sparkly people: no glam ski wear, no iridescent goggles, no bling or bangles, so it wasn’t what we wore, but where we were. We were at Eldora Mountain Resort west of Boulder, the sun was shining through fast-moving clouds […]
Why Cross-Country Ski? (Book Review & Giveaway, too)
Picture this: Clean white snow spread out before your eyes as far as you can see. A bright blue sky, unmarred by even the smallest of clouds, the sun shining brightly and your breath expressed as clouds of smoke, while you and your family stop to laugh and catch your breath. It’s cold, but you’re […]
Get In Shape for Ski Season
It’s time! It’s snowing in the North American mountains and winter is truly “just around the corner.” No matter how fit you are from your summertime adventures, you’ll feel better and ski stronger if you take the time now, to do some pre-season training. For the last two years, physical therapist Bryan Whitesides created pre-season workouts for The […]