Nordic Nation

The Cross Country Skier Tour de Trail Returns in January and February

by Cross Country Skier
January 4, 2024February 1, 2024

Once again, Cross Country Skier magazine and a few of our industry friends are teaming up to head to some of New England’s top cross country centers for the 2024 Tour de Trail. At each stop, we will be offering the latest no-wax, skin and skate skis for demo. Plus, we’ll be selling raffle tickets to support NENSA’s youth and family programming (drawing will take place shortly after the last tour stop).

Cross Country Skier magazine’s Tour de Trail is made possible with the support of Salomon, Alpina, Kästle, Madshus and Atomic.

Tahoe’s Nordic Centers Dig Out after Mid-December’s Massive Snowfall

by Suzie Dundas
December 23, 2021October 24, 2022

After a year of extreme drought, extended heat waves, and severe forest fires, Lake Tahoe finally got its first significant snow of the winter (excluding an October storm that quickly melted). Between December 12 and… Read More »Tahoe’s Nordic Centers Dig Out after Mid-December’s Massive Snowfall

Harald Bjerke Writes the Book on Swix

by John Dostal
August 12, 2021October 7, 2022

It’s only fitting that Harald Bjerke would write a history of Swix. Throughout his nearly 50-year tenure as product manager at the company, Bjerke was responsible for the development of more than 300 products, notably Blue… Read More »Harald Bjerke Writes the Book on Swix

Cindy Hirschfeld joins Cross Country Skier as Editor in Chief

by Cross Country Skier
July 28, 2021October 7, 2022

Cross Country Skier, The Journal of Nordic Skiing, welcomes Cindy Hirschfeld to the team as editor in chief. Hirschfeld is a longtime veteran of outdoor publishing and will lead the title into its 41st volume on… Read More »Cindy Hirschfeld joins Cross Country Skier as Editor in Chief

Glide to Grow

by Dani Reyes-Acosta
June 18, 2021October 7, 2022

“It is not impermanence that makes us suffer. What makes us suffer is wanting things to be permanent when they are not.”

The Davis behind the Davis U.S. Cross Country Ski Team

by Adam Howard
January 26, 2021October 7, 2022

For the U.S. Ski Team, raising money has always been a challenge. So when the Shelby Cullom Davis Charitable Fund stepped up to cover the entire budget for the U.S. Cross Country Ski Team in 2019 and through the 2022 Olympics, there was a collective sigh of relief in Park City and from Anchorage to Stratton, Tahoe to Steamboat Springs.