The Arrowhead Ultra is a 135-mile, unsupported silent sports race held in mid-winter beginning in International Falls, Minnesota, and concluding in Tower, Minnesota, via the Arrowhead snowmobile trail. Entrants are given three choices of propulsion for participating in the event: bike, foot or skis. (1)
When is the last time classic skiing got a fresh technique? When skating started.
Glide, pole plant, glide, pole plant. Swish, crunch, swish, crunch. Keenly I attend to the tempo of my classic skis along the trail. Today, my husband John and I are at Lapham Peak in southeastern Wisconsin. There are a number of charming Wisconsin destinations with groomed trails in the Kettle Moraine State Forest Southern Unit for this highly enjoyable winter activity. Often the decision where to ski - McMiller, Nordic, Scuppernong or Lapham Peak - is difficult because all are superb.
Paddle and Trail and Geneva Kayak Center have announced they will be opening the Outdoor Leadership Center (OLC), a world-class paddlesport and outdoor skills school with its primary location in Yorkville, Illinois, along the Marge Cline Whitewater Course. The OLC will serve the region and nation with educational programs that can take beginners to the highest level of their chosen sport.