All Blog Posts Tagged 'nordic skiing' (3)

When my husband and I invite kids to go cross-country skiing with us, they've been known to run and hide, or slink off and call their parents to come get them. When we ask parents to bring the family along, they usually hem and haw and say they really should get their kids out skiing—after all, it's one of the healthiest, cheapest sports around—but usually they don't go. They know their kids will whine. Which would leave me thinking that kids and Nordic skiing just don't mix. Except that we hav… Continue

A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about skiing at Reindeer Run Nordic Center near Empire. I called it one of the best-kept Nordic secrets in the Traverse City area. Well, here’s another off-the-beaten-path treasure: Champion Hill Nordic Trails, just off U.S. 31 on Marshall Road in Honor. In the summer, the Nordic center is a golf course, but come winter, the rolling greens are groomed and tracked for skatin… Continue

I’m letting the best-kept Nordic secret in Leelanau County out of the bag here: Reindeer Run Nordic Center near Empire. It’s run by Kevin Kelly, a wild-man skier who is a national parks firefighter by vocation. (Read about Kevin). Kelly is starting a homespun Nordic center in the pines outside of Empire. If there's snow, it’s always great for classic and Kelly tries to keep a skate trail groomed. The main trai… Continue