Long before the days of shredding pow or double backflips, skiing was used as a method of transportation. Dating back to 4000 BCE Norway, skiing was the most efficient way to move across snowy terrain ...

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 ...

Cross-country skiing represents an intricate interplay of physiological endurance, biomechanical precision and technical strategy. The sport demands exceptional aerobic capacity, muscular strength and ...

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 ...

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 may be one of the most versatile winter sports, accessible to everyone from 90-year-olds with wood skis and three-pin bindings to Olympic gold medalists, first timers on fish ...