Our final activity for this adventure holiday was to experience cross country skiing. Although we can both ski downhill to some extent, there is very little overlap in terms of technique between that and cross country, so we had to start from square one again. Our guide/instructor, Chris, correctly assumed that we would be worn out after a couple of hours of learning cross country, so we had a leisurely start to the day, with a visit to Chris' attractive Finnish style house and a look around his pottery. Once on skis, we shuffled off somewhat shakily along a track over one of the many frozen lakes in the area. After a while it started to feel a bit more relaxed as we got into the right rhythm, but I still managed to work up quite a sweat, whereas Chris was looking cool and unruffled. So clearly I still have some way to go to develop the right technique.
After that sampler, I would certainly like to give cross country another go sometime for a slightly longer trek, although I think I will stick to downhill most of the time One plus for cross country is that the shoes are way more comfortable than clunky ski boots.
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