SAM Coverage
Bob Woodward
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X-Country Connection: Names Don’t Count in Trail Design
“Keep it simple.”These words have become more meaningful to me with the passage of time, and particularly today in relation to cross-country trail design.…
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X-Country Connection: New Ways to Teach
Formal cross-country ski instruction has been practiced in this country for the past decade and very little if anything has been done to change…
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X-Country Skiing
Marking and Mapping Trails A critical, often-overlooked aspect of trail preparation and maintenance is marking. Marking is a necessity for skier safety, but it’s…
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X-Country Skiing
Reviewing the Old Preparing new trails and maintaining existing ones requires a phased approach which begins before the snow melts and continues until long…
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Cross-Country Trail Grooming
Ten years ago, cross-country skiers were happy to ski on any trail that was packed with only a trace of a track. Today, they…
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Wedding X-Country & Alpine
Most of the early marriages were shaky, one or both parties having reservations about the affair. Those that lasted did so at a financial…