Odyssey Resorts Larsmont Cottages in Two Harbors is offering a new way to explore the North Shore during these snowy winter months, this time using Hok skis. Inspired by an ancient ski technique ...

Designed for powder snow hok skis are ideal for use in forest hikes where they require less effort than snowshoes Combining the advantages of snowshoes and skis, hok skiing, a Canadian innovation, ...

I first tried hok skis, a hybrid of cross-country skis and snowshoes, last February at Camp de Base Gaspésie, a charming cabin getaway in Quebec just south of Gaspé. “Guests just love them and wonder ...

Short, fat skis with free-heel bindings and built-in climbing skins are luring a growing number of winter trekkers into a sport Nils Larsen calls “skishoeing.” “Adults step out on these and feel like ...

Arctic explorer and author Ann Bancroft is joined by MPR News reporter Catharine Richert in the woods near Bancroft's home in Marine on St. Croix, Minn. on Thursday, Feb. 2. They used shorter, wider ...

Don Portman, veteran Methow Valley skiing instructor, heads downhill through the woods on Hok skis. Nils Larsen of Curlew introduces a woman to going downhill Altai Hok skis and, instead of poles, a ...

Arctic explorer and author Ann Bancroft is joined by MPR News reporter Catharine Richert in the woods near Bancroft's home not far from Stillwater, Minn. on Feb. 2. They used shorter, wider skis ...

TONASKET, Wash. (AP) - Short, fat skis with free-heel bindings and built-in climbing skins are luring a growing number of winter trekkers into a sport Nils Larsen calls “skishoeing.” “Adults step out ...