Not long after I learned to walk, I learned to ski. Cross-country ski, that is. While kids growing up in the Rockies or the Alps might be snowplowing down the bunny hill at age four, in Wisconsin, ...

Inertia was the last thing I expected during a recent Montana cross-country ski trip. But that was before I set aside my regular clunky gear and rented a pair of skate skis. With these shorter, ...