Pretty good skier, that one! https://vimeo.com/374213250 The more people ski cross-country, the better off the whole world's gonna beBill Koch
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Living in the NYC area means watching for skiable conditions.
Cross-country skiing adventurers, death and mystery
Just after I finally cleaned and waxed the skis for summer storage and figured it's time to put the blog into hibernation, The New Yorker has a feature article about controversy and attempts to explain an ill-fated cross-country ski trip in the old Soviet Union: Has an Old Soviet Mystery at Last Been Solved? by …
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Not your parent’s normal
On May 4, NOAA updated the three-decade period of 'normal' climate to include the ten years from 2011-2020. So when weather forecasters talk about temperatures being above or below normal, it will now include the five hottest years in the U.S., all recorded since 2012. Your kids' normal winter isn't yours. And yours was not …
Winter constellation
Stories shape our view of what an experience should be. Oddly enough it seems like there's no real literature about winter or skiing prior to the 19th century and outside Europe. Be that as it may, the following is a foray into our collective snow globe over time: stories of winter and skiing, and what …
Springtime arctic air wobble
The snowfall up north last week, and the return of cold weather for a couple of days reminds me of May 2020, when we got snow flurries downstate. This year's event isn't being described as due to the polar vortex, but clearly some arctic air has swept south to greater effect than many of us …
Across the Snow Line 