Boots. Most cross country ski bindings are either NNN or SNS. If you have the same bindings on your classic and skate skis, you can wear a combination boot, ...

Here’s the right cross-country ski gear — classic, skate and backcountry — to get you out the door and on the trail. ... Backcountry Boots: Alpina Alaska Nordic Boot. A big boot named for a big, ...

Choosing the Right Cross Country Boot Skier wears combi ski boots. Christine Peterson. Just like skis vary depending on your technique, so do boots. Classic boots are softer and more flexible in the ...

As with most nordic-gear upgrades (except for nailing the wax), you don’t notice that effect immediately. But we did feel more efficient—and faster, too, at the end of a three-hour session.

Top-end gear in any cross-country discipline will cost you between $700 to $1,000, but you can get a package of boots, bindings, and waxless touring skis for $350. Compare that amount to even an ...

Fresh off a huge cross-country season that concluded with a 10th-place finish at Nike Cross Nationals, junior Ella Hagen traded her cross-country spikes for Nordic ski boots and began her pursuit ...

"Cross-country skiing is sort of the entry for a lot of things in the winter because you can do it inexpensively, ... "The boots need to fit. If they're too big, you won't have any fun; ...

Boulder Nordic Ski Swap: Equip for the snow season and head to the 31st annual Boulder Nordic Ski Swap, hosted by the Boulder Nordic Junior Racing Team, where there’s a chance to buy or sell new ...

Cross country skiing is easier to learn, more laid back and requires less equipment than downhill. Ranch at Rock Creek. In many cases you can enjoy a leisurely breakfast by a roaring fire, then ...