You can try to copy the techniques you saw on the how to cross-country ski video or in the cross-country skiing for dummies manual, but the best way to learn is from instructors certified by 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, ...

Cross-country skier Gus Schumacher has a lot on his shoulders these days. The 25-year-old was the first American man to ever ...

Cross-country skiing is growing, thanks partly to three-time Olympian Jessie Diggins, who has become an icon of athletic excellence. It’s a sport that’s also an alternative to crowded alpine slopes ...

It'll be the first cross-country skiing World Cup event on U.S. soil in more than two decades, and it'll be in her home state. So Jessie Diggins plans to race especially hard at this weekend's Loppet ...

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 ...

Deborah Impiazzi, left, and her guide Joleen Widmark, right, ski down a hill at Soldier Hollow on Monday, Jan. 27, 2025, in Midway. Lilly Holloway, right, and her guide Joan Holcomb, left, pose for a ...

Every spring, Jessie Diggins and Jason Cork, her coach since 2010, gather for a goals session: a meeting to go over the previous cross-country skiing season and look ahead to the next one. They have ...