Comments on: Cross-Country Skiing for Beginners

By: Lee M

Lee M — Wed, 31 Jan 2024 22:08:18 +0000

Wow, you took a big steps since I met you in Nicholasville many years ago! Best of luck.

By: Ionas

Ionas — Tue, 12 Dec 2017 06:23:08 +0000

I know it’s probably not the advice you want to hear after you have just spent a small fortune in equipment and waxes but you might want to consider skin skis (felleski). The conventional wisdom is that they don’t work very well when temps go well below freezing but then again I just want to ski at a leisurely pace, not become the new Klæbo! We tried them yesterday at -9 just to see if they’d perform at all and although not perfect, they did the job, again if the goal is just to stay on one’s feet and ski for a few kilometers. Then again, if it’s particularly cold, the wax becomes less problematic because, as the other poster mentioned, if you go for blue, it’ll do the job.

Good luck and hope you enjoy your next outing in skis!

By: Kimberly Smith Singleton

Kimberly Smith Singleton — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 22:22:37 +0000

Yep, sometimes I get a bit dyslexic with my details — and thanks for the tip about looking upward, shall give it a try!

By: Pete Story

Pete Story — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 11:32:13 +0000

“The instructions say red wax for below freezing temperatures, blue for above freezing temperatures …” I really hope this is a typo, because as it stands it is inverted. Blue below freezing! One tip … when going uphill, look up towards the top of the hill! This places your weight better over the waxed zone. If you look down at your skis (a natural choice when beginning!) then the chance of the ski sliding backwards is much greater!