downhill skiing
Nordic skiing
Endurance sports include the marathon or cross-country skiing.
Cross-country skiing is easier to learn than Alpine skiing but it helps if you have skied before because you are used to sliding and balancing on snow.
The resort plans to add facilities for cross-country skiing and snowmobiling.
This exercise machine simulates cross-country skiing as you stride back and forth with stiff legs, pumping your arms.
That year's Olympic venue for cross country skiing was Soldier Hollow in Utah.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Winter sports
airboard
airboarder
airboarding
Alpine skiing
après-ski
biathlon
face off
figure skater
figure skating
forecheck
freestyler
ice rink
skating rink
skiboarding
skier
skiing
slalom
slap shot
sledge
sleigh