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 ...

“You ski what your skis want to ski. And if you have on full AT gear or full tele gear with skins, and that’s the only way you can climb, you look for big verticals to ski and big mountains to ski,” ...

TONASKET, Okanogan County — 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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...