Nordic (Cross-Country) Skiing   
   

• Roberts' Cross Country Skiing -- Ken Roberts and Sharon Marsh Roberts excellent collection of cross-country skiing resources

  • Overview Map -- Ski Hudson Valley  (detailed map of groomed sites in the Hudson Valley)
  • Mid-Hudson Cross-Country Ski Society (Roberts' instructions)
  • Mid-Hudson Cross-Country Ski Society (mhxcss) Yahoo group
     

• Snow Reports from the ski areas

  • Snocountry.net reports for New York nordic centers 
    

• "Mark's List of local retailers"

  • Potter Brothers, Kingston, Pougkeepsie, et.al., NY
  • Berkshire Outfitters, North Adams, MA
  • Eastern Mountain Sports (EMS)  Poughkeepsie, NY -- Gardiner, NY (climbing center) -- Albany, NY
  • Inside Edge Ski & Bike Shop, Queensbury, NY
  • Pawling Cycle and Sport,  Pawling, NY 
  • Peak Performance, New Paltz, NY
    

• "Mark's List of Cross-Country areas"

  • Verizon Sports Complex -- Cross Country Center. (located at Mt. Van Hoevenberg, Lake Placid)

  • Prospect Mountain Cross-Country Ski Center (Bennington, VT)

  • Garnet Hill Lodge and Cross-Country Ski Center   (North River, NY)

  • Lapland Lakes Cross-Country Ski Center   (Northville, NY)  
     

• By popular request, a few local cross-country areas:

  • Fahnestock Winter Park (Cold Spring)

  • James Baird State Park  (Pleasant Valley)

  • Mohonk Mountain House  (New Paltz)

  • Mohonk Preserve  (New Paltz)

  • Lake Minnewaska History Site  (New Paltz) Lake Minnewaska Historical Society

  • Minnewaska State Park Preserve (New Paltz) Official NYS Parks page

  • Williams Lake (Rosendale)

Mark at Lake Placid, NY  2003

Members can read Mark Booska's monthy column
"THE SKINNY ON CROSS COUNTRY"
in the Hudson Valley Ski Club's newletter
~ hardcopy or online
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