North Shore Nordic Association Brings Cross-Country Skiing to the Region
The volunteer-run organization grooms miles of trails in Ipswich, Topsfield, and Hamilton to encourage residents to enjoy the great outdoors even in winter months.
A new snow has fallen. The sky is a sharp cobalt. Cardinals bounce around in the evergreens overhead. In the distance, a dramatic blanket of powder drops from a pine bough. Despite the cold, your core is warmed by the rhythmic movement of your skis. There’s nothing like the silence of the muffled woods on a winter day when the outdoors belongs to you.
Cross-country skiing—a more spontaneous sport than downhill skiing—requires no lift tickets, yet the closest option for those on the North Shore has been a golf course in Weston or trekking up to New Hampshire. That changed last winter when the North Shore Nordic Association began
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