About this Site Contact Us Skiing Skiing is a wonderful way to travel in the border country. Gliding across a smooth lake or flying down a portage trail onto a lake is great fun. The main advantage to skis over snowshoes is that you can glide with skis where snowshoes do not glide. This makes skiing more efficient when conditions allow for good skiing.
Skis work well on packed surfaces or trails.
When the snow gets really deep snowshoeing is often easier because the properly sized snowshoes can help you float on top of the snow better than skies. In deep snow skis often dive into the snow and are hard to handle. However, on a windswept lake or when the snowpack is right skis are a great way to travel in the border country. There are many different types of skis on the market for many different types of conditions. The most common cross country skis are thin skis made for groomed cross country ski trails.