Is cross country skiing dangerous?
We’re not experts on the risks of skiing. We created this page because we couldn’t find much else about it in English on the web (or in print), and we thought it would help to make something about this topic available — in hope that it will inspire somebody else to write something better. Please let us know when you find other info about risks of cross country skiing. Our non-expert judgment is that our own normal skiing on established trails at a cross country ski center is: • substantially less risky than driving our car on the roads to and from the ski center. • often less dangerous than getting our exercise by jogging or running on neighborhood sidewalks and streets • more risky than riding our stationary exercise bicycle indoors at home That’s because: • We’ve learned about the capabilities of our techniques and equipment. • We normally ski well within the limits of what we’ve learned. • We normally check information in advance — and we just don’t go skiing at all on certain day
