Just like most other sports, cross-country skiing has its own dialect of the common English language.  One of the first terms that new cross-country skiers need to navigate is loppet.

If you type loppet into any word processing program you’ll see that spell-check also has no idea that it exists.  But it does. 

Are you looking for some good challenges to keep your ski exciting at Dawn Mountain?  There are several popular Strava segments that are worth a try, in true Nordic style.  At the risk of losing all of my records, here are my recommendations for a lung-busting good time.