Cross-country skiing ( or XC skiing ) is a form of ski touring in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles.

Cross-country skiing ( skating style ) in Einsiedeln, Switzerland.

Cesar Baena competes Cross-country skiing ( classic style ) in Liberec, Czech Republic during World Ski Championships 2009.

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* Lake Placid Olympic Sports Complex Cross Country Biathlon Center – Biathlon, Cross-country skiing, Nordic combined ( Cross-country skiing )

Cross-country skiing and snowmobiling are also very popular in this area known as Big Snow country because of heavy snowfall influenced by nearby Lake Superior.

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Cross-country techniques use different styles of turns ; edging is not as important, and skis have little sidecut.

Cross-country is much less formal, with many riders wearing clothing of personalized colors and the emphasis very much on safety equipment.

Cross-country attire is less formal, and many riders choose " eventing colors ", to which they match some of their horse's tack.

Cross-country research on the effects of doulas on child birth and postnatal care is complicated by the variety of settings, cultures and medical systems of individual countries and characteristics of patients.

Cross-country skiing is very easily accessible due to the abundance of snow and an unending supply of open fields.

Cross-country skiing is a popular winter recreation.

* Cross-country skiing is one of the most successful Olympic winter sports in Lithuania.

In summer, Thredbo is a hiking and summer sport destination, including rock climbing and abseiling, fishing and Cross-country cycling and hosts a blues music festival, boasting approximately 300, 000 summer visitors ( Figures are ).

Cross-country travel is incredibly hard going, fuel and food are becoming rarer by the day, railways and roads are often blocked and broken and patrolled by armed gangs.

Cross-country skiing is one of the park's main recreational activities.

Unlike stationary Dune bashing that tends to revolve around a single Star dune or one obstacle, Cross-country off-roading is a safari that lasts several days over scenic routes with desert or other biomes and crosses one obstacle after another through largely uninhabited and uncharted terrain ( specially in Africa ).

Unlike in Europe, Cross-country off-roading trips in Africa and Middle-east is quite legal if not the only means of navigation for some local groups such as Bedouins and nomadic tribes of Beja and from which Egyptian community learns a lot of technical techniques and 4x4 modifications.

Speed Golf is sometimes contrasted with Cross-country BigBall, in which players use soccer balls and baseball bats to reach a goal.

Because the course and goals are chosen by the participants, Cross-country BigBall etiquette varies depending on whether the theater is a wooded or residential area.

Cross-country skiing in the High Fens is permitted on specified forest tracks which are located in the outskirts or even outside the nature reserve.

Cross-country race is always for a social cause like Run for Peace, Run for Our Kargil Heroes, Plant More Trees, etc.

He is a member of the Bakersfield College Track / Cross-country Hall of Fame.

Cross-country running and ski trails cut across portions of the campus and through surrounding woods, and there is alpine skiing 15 minutes away at Whaleback Ski Area.

NTNUI-langrenn ( NTNUI's Cross-country skiing group ) is the sports club with the highest number of participants in the Norwegian ski marathon Birkebeinerrennet ( 170 participants in 2010 ).

The national park is known for its Cross-country skiing opportunities, snowshoeing, and other winter sports ( Mount Nuolja and nearby Björkliden provides Backcountry skiing and freeriding opportunities ).

It is remarkable that the newly raised Panther squadron won the Academy Cross-country run Championship in its first participation in Spring 2012.

Cross-country skiing is practiced in the park, with of trails groomed in the winter for skiing, and for cycling in summer.

La Vattay, further up the valley but still within Mijoux, is a centre for Cross-country skiing.

Cross-country skiers often visit Harriet Hollister-Spencer State Park in the southern part of Canadice and Ontario County Park in South Bristol.

; Cross-country: Cross-country boots, like all Nordic equipment, attach to the ski usually only at the toe of the boot and are allowed to flex at the ball of the foot similarly to a normal shoe or boot.

Cross-country boots generally use one of four attachment systems ; NNN ( New Nordic Norm ), 75mm Nordic Norm (" three-pin " binding ), d-ring, or SNS ( Salomon Nordic System ).

Cross-country skiing, biathlon, Nordic combined, and blind cross-country skiing events were held here.

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