Adventures
February, 1977
A weekend of downhill skiing in these athletic times can mean several hours of queuing up. Some of the more fashionable resorts feature lines longer and slower than those at a supermarket check-out on Saturday. Those crowds, and the cost of lift tickets, are helping to fuel a boom in cross-country skiing. Cross-country skiers don't need carefully groomed slopes; in a pinch, they can do without slopes altogether.If you've a mind to tackle the sport, skis, poles and boots are the only equipment yo...