The link below takes you to an article that appeared in the Guardian newspaper recently. Do you agree with its ratings for thrill, danger & fitness? ...
Nope not at all. Compare it to the ratings for nordic skiing in the same article: Roller skiing Thrill rating 4/10 Danger rating 2/10 Fitness rating 6/10 ...
For fitness, if rollerskiing only gets a 6, and XC skiing gets a 7, what on earth gets a 10??? I'd thought only a couple of sports even came close to XC skiing...
The Guardian article is an ideal example of the general public perception of the sport, or rather, the activity of cross country skiing. Those of us who are...
The final results tables for the the GB Rollerski Series 2007 have been posted in the files section. If anyone spots any mistakes please let me know. Series...
Below is a link to an article about a recent visit by Canadian coach Les Parsons to Huntly to coach the GB Juniors. http://www.fasterskier.com/news4610.html ...
The British & Army Nordic Ski Championships 2008 will be held in two venues. The biathlon races are in Obertilliach, Austria from 26th Jan to 1st Feb. Then...
I have just received notification of the Army Telemark Championships 2008 that will be held at Rauris in Austria from 5th-15th Jan 2008. The championships are...
For those of you based in Angus, there was yesterday about 6-7 inches of snow on most of the Glenisla trails. Not quite down to the carpark but pretty close to...
Hi Sounds good. Are there any other trails / good places you would recommend to try in that area - We've been up to Clash a few times, but would also like to...
Hi Bruce Glenmore Snow now very hard and icy. A considerable amount has thawed although the forecast is good for the middle of the week. Cairngorm Excellent...
Following recent selection races in Norway the SnowsportGB Selection Panel have picked the following skiers for the Cross-Country World Junior Championships...
Still a great deal of snow on tracks above 350m in the Angus glens. About a foot of softish snow on the forest tracks below Knockton hill (forest of Alyth)...
I have received the following report on snow conditions for nordic skiers in the Aviemore/Cairngorm area. If anyone can update it for the weekend I am sure...
The thawing conditions Friday evening were followed by a hard freeze. There are extensive areas of sheet ice & hard, icy snow. The best skiing is found on the...
The snow in the glenisla area is still excellent. About 1 foot of fairly well consolidated but not frozen snow on trails from about 350m up. On the forest...
... <charles24586@...> wrote: Hello Charles You seem to have missed the point. This is a group for Nordic Skiers in Scotland. We formed this group to foster...
Hello skiiers Can anyone tell me if there's any snow left anywhere suitable for beginner cross country skiiers? Was out last weekend in Glen Quaich - lovely...
The World Junior Cross-Country Ski Championships that were scheduled in Poland this week have been moved to Malles in Italy from 22-29 Feb. This has caused a...
For those of you whomight be interested the results of the British & Army biathlon & cross-country ski championships recently held at Obertilliach, Austria &...
Snowsport England Nordic are holding a couple of ski courses at Kvitavatn,Norway. The first is a Nordic Skills week (29 Mar-5 Apr) & the second a Coaching &...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the nordicscotland group. File :...
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I have uploaded a file containing my report on the recent Austrian Youth Cross Country Ski Championships at Nordic Scotland Files Austrian Champs report 2008....
HYPERLINK "http://www.mals.it/english/events.html"http://www.mals.it/english/events.ht ml Results can also be found here. No virus found in this outgoing...
I would to thank Claire, Jim & Rupert for posting the links & info on the exploits of the GB Junior Squad in Europe over the last few weeks. The results from...
