What's the difference between nordic skis and touring skis, and which ones do we want if we just want to go cross country skiing at a local golf club? There are a few trails there, but it's also possible we'll be the first ones going in some direction
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For rentals, our golf course (Weston - http://www.skiboston.com/skitrack/rates.php, not sure if that's the one you meant) has 1 day, 3 day (non consecutive), and season rentals relatively cheaply.
We are going to buy these ourselves, were going to try Dick's, but haven't gotten there yet. I know that SkiMarket is not a good place for cross-country skis. If you find a good place, I'd be interested too.
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We got the pulk, put the baby in, and he fell asleep pretty quickly. We took turns "driving" him, but it was rather easy. Much easier than carrying him in my belly last year ;))
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There may be a local ski swap that has some kids size x-c skis. That's how we always got ours when we were really young. I started x-c skiing before I can remember. I obviously couldn't go far, but I really enjoyed it. I'll ask my parents how old I was when I started.
Touring skis are what you want (nordic is either a catch-all term or might mean skating skis), but if you'll be breaking trail at all, go with slightly shorter and wider skis. But equipment has improved faster than I've kept up with, so a salesperson will know better than me, these days.
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zubatac has been on x-c skis with gljiva in a kelty kids frame backpack carrier, though we just went around the well-covered-in-snow Tufts running track down the street. When she was much younger, we did it ( ... )
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