The Bulletin outdoors writer Mark Morical, left, learns to skate ski under the instruction of MBSEF nordic ski coach Dan Simoneau at the Mt. Bachelor Nordic Center last week. (Andy Tullis/Bulletin ...

Inertia was the last thing I expected during a recent Montana cross-country ski trip. But that was before I set aside my regular clunky gear and rented a pair of skate skis. With these shorter, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. Brian Itoh, bent at the knees and ankles, his arms relaxed, pushed off onto his right ski as he ...

Not long after I learned to walk, I learned to ski. Cross-country ski, that is. While kids growing up in the Rockies or the Alps might be snowplowing down the bunny hill at age four, in Wisconsin, ...