Top 10 Health Benefits of Cross-Country Skiing

Top 10 Health Benefits of Cross-Country Skiing

Reprinted from  Health Fitness Revolution As one of the top Nordic sports, cross-country skiing involves the navigation of mountainous snow-covered terrain, most of which relies solely on your body’s own strength and stride rather than the gravity used when going...
Crosscut to hire new Executive Director

Crosscut to hire new Executive Director

(Bozeman, MT) Crosscut Mountain Sports Center is pleased to announce Jennifer Beaston Hedrick as its new Executive Director. “Jen is a dedicated leader with a passion for ensuring everyone has access to the outdoors,” said Crosscut’s board chair, Eric Love. “She has...
5 Flat-Out Ideal Cross-Country Ski Getaways

5 Flat-Out Ideal Cross-Country Ski Getaways

Reprint from the Wall Street Journal From Colorado to Finland, wilderness lodges and country inns where cross-country skiing is the main event—not an afterthought By  Brigid Mander Dec. 5, 2018 11:39 a.m. ET RELYING ON SKIS to traverse snowy expanses dates back...
From Tree to Ski at the Fischer Family Factory

From Tree to Ski at the Fischer Family Factory

Reprint from the NYTimes A young Austrian apprentice wagon maker, Josef Fischer, decided to strike out on his own in 1924 in the trade of “wagon making and the manufacture of wooden products.” He started off with toboggans and then, the next year, he made a pair of...