Odyssey Resorts Larsmont Cottages in Two Harbors is offering a new way to explore the North Shore during these snowy winter months, this time using Hok skis. Inspired by an ancient ski technique ...

Don Portman, veteran Methow Valley skiing instructor, heads downhill through the woods on Hok skis. Nils Larsen of Curlew introduces a woman to going downhill Altai Hok skis and, instead of poles, a ...

Short, fat skis with free-heel bindings and built-in climbing skins are luring a growing number of winter trekkers into a sport Nils Larsen calls “skishoeing.” “Adults step out on these and feel like ...

I first tried hok skis, a hybrid of cross-country skis and snowshoes, last February at Camp de Base Gaspésie, a charming cabin getaway in Quebec just south of Gaspé. “Guests just love them and wonder ...

Arctic explorer and author Ann Bancroft is joined by MPR News reporter Catharine Richert in the woods near Bancroft's home in Marine on St. Croix, Minn. on Thursday, Feb. 2. They used shorter, wider ...

Short, fat skis with free-heel bindings and built-in climbing skins are luring a growing number of winter trekkers into a sport Nils Larsen calls "skishoeing." "Adults step out on these and feel like ...

TONASKET, Wash. (AP) - Short, fat skis with free-heel bindings and built-in climbing skins are luring a growing number of winter trekkers into a sport Nils Larsen calls “skishoeing.” “Adults step out ...

"Adults step out on these and feel like kids again," said Larsen, who attracted dozens of people, young and old, to try out his Hok skis recently at tiny Sitzmark Ski Area near Tonasket, Washington.

Don Portman leads a group of skiers trying out Altai Hok skis at Sitzmark Ski Area. Instead of ski poles, they each hold a single tiak used for centuries by herdsmen in the Altai Mountains of northern ...