Åre Uphill Sprint – Glimpse Into Future Of Skiing?
Bad weather, fears of COVID-19, documented lack of enthusiasm by younger generation. Perfect storm for the venerable sport of cross country skiing? Indeed it is - that's why it's time to start looking at things under entirely different, more, you know, aggressively steep, angle. [caption id="attachment_14899" align="alignnone" width="1920"] To survive and thrive cross county skiing absolutely needs to come to places like Åre[/caption] What is Åre and what makes if special? It's a premier Scandinavian alpine skiing resort that has distinctly Swiss feeling: fancy cars parked outside swanky hotels, restaurants catering Nouvelle Cuisine, affluent downhill skiing crowd. The crowd that has little or no clue about cross country skiing ( Norwegians exempted). This is cross country skiing's biggest problem: 30 years ago urban kids were growing up much closer to…