Cross Country Skiing News

Cross-country ski paradises can be found in northern Minnesota and the Upper Peninsula of Michigan within a day's drive of Chicago .

The Ridderrenn, also known as the Knight's Race for the disabled, is scheduled to be held in northeast China's Changchun City, capital of Jilin Province, on January 1, 2010, officials said Thursday.

Oh, those wily cross-country folks at the Grand Mesa Nordic Council. Not only do they openly push the start of winter, they do so with vast amounts of celebration, ski races and a free Nordic ski demo day at the Skyway Trailhead on Grand Mesa.

Alexei Petukhov of Russia and Hanna Falk of Sweden claimed their first World Cup wins in cross-country skiing by dominating sprint races on the banks of the river Rhine on Saturday.

It's been a historic week for Tim Burke and the U.S. biathlon team. Burke became the first American to medal at the sprint distance Saturday, two days after he matched the best U.S. finish in any biathlon event with a silver in the 20-kilometer. It's the first time the Americans have been on the biathlon podium twice in one week.

There's a race for just about every cross-country skier this weekend in Anchorage.

Can you help me find the perfect non-wool, in-no-way-scratchy winter hat for moderateish activity ? Hello! I am looking for suggestions for a winter hat for the boyfriend, who is a special redheaded snowflake and thus has ridiculously sensitive skin.

Soon the kids will be home for two whole weeks during their winter holiday. What an exciting time for families.

A Vail doctor says tourist who stretch before skiing may be less likely to get injured than locals who do nothing before hitting the slopes File Photo Two Big Tips Dr.

Make room, Europeans. The Americans are starting to look right at home on the biathlon medals podium.

" Janelle Greer skate-skis towards the finish line at the ski stadium at Mt. McIntyre on Saturday at the Don Sumanik Memorial Free Technique Race.Ski The Whitehorse Cross Country Ski Club got their first race of the season underway this weekend, after the first of the two Don Sumanik Memorial Races.

Pete Birkeland, longtime skier and instructor for the Colorado Mountain Club's ski clinic, tours near Arapahoe Pass, west of Nederland.

St. Albert will host the seventh annual national winter Special Olympics in February 2012.

MAYVILLE - Wildlife enthusiasts will have more access to the Horicon National Wildlife Refuge this winter than ever before.

Swedish and Italian skiers were the big winners in the cross-country competition at Pragelato Plan, while recent powers Norway failed to win a gold medal in a single event for the first time since 1988.

THE Canadian cross-country ski team's preparations for the Olympics took a hit this week when one of its top coaches fell and broke his hip.

A British businessman who saved a young Nepalese boy from destitution and then fought a bitter legal battle to keep him in the UK will today watch with pride as he competes in the Winter Olympics.

Ola Vigen Hattestad of Norway and Poland's Justyna Kowalczyk won the cross-country World Cup classic style sprints Saturday in Kusaamo.

Canada's Dasha Gaiazova won a silver medal - her second medal of the week - on Friday at the US Super Tour cross-country skiing event.

Skiing on the eastern slopes of the Schilthorn today. 'Here stands Luther, he can do no other,' joked Sir Arthur Lunn.