Best Nordic Ski Great Escapes 2027

Best Nordic Ski Great Escapes is an exciting, quality, travel resort guide for cross-country ski lovers the world over. Featuring fabulous xc-ski getaways across the USA and Canada, we’ve included resorts and venues for all budgets, from 5-star to rustic. Get the inside scoop on superb great escapes and start dreaming about amazing trails, spas, hot tubs, chalets and cabins this coming winter. Find your perfect vacation spot from Colorado to New Hampshire in the USA, and from B.C. to Québec in Canada and have a great winter season!

Benjamin Sadavoy has been publishing and writing about cross-country skiing, and Nordic sports, along with all forms of cycling for over 30 years.

Jonathan Wiesel has loved winter since he could heave a snowball. He’s been in the cross-country ski business for more decades than he cares to count, first as an instructor, guide, ski patrolman and, ultimately, as
a resort co-owner (Royal Gorge in California). Since then, he’s been an international ski-trip planner and leader, a contributing editor to print and web publications, has produced a hot-selling book on winter desti- nations, has been published in more than 120 magazines and newspa- pers (plus much online) in North America, South America and Europe, but has yet to win a Pulitzer. Co-founder of trails-planning firm Nordic Group International (www.nordicgroupinternational.com), Wiesel lives in Montana and still throws snowballs.

Jean Arthur skis, hikes and bikes with her family and Labrador Retrievers from her home in Montana. She writes for Best Nordic Ski Great Escapes and other adventure-travel publications. Arthur’s books include the 2nd edition (to be released in 2024) of Top Trails: Glacier National Park: Must-Do Hikes for Everyone, a hiking and cultural guide to Glacier National Park and Waterton Lakes National Park; Timberline and a Century of Skiing on Mount Hood; and Hell- roaring: Fifty Years on The Big Mountain. Arthur also edits for other publications, including Exploring Montana’s Pioneer Mountains, and she is working on an open-source textbook chapter for graduate students in nursing doctorate and master’s degree programs.

While serving four terms on Professional Ski Instructors of America’s National Nordic Team, including two terms as coach, McGee developed educational content, and organized and led training sessions across the U.S. and at international instructor gatherings. A former World Cup telemark competitor, he applies learning from competition and adventure to his teaching in cross-country, alpine and telemark. Author of Falcon Guides Basic Illustrated Cross-Country Skiing, he’s published over 60 articles on teaching and technique. He was recently granted a permit for cross-country instruction and guiding on the Blackrock Ranger District of the Bridger-Teton National Forest, and will host Corn Camps and Guide Courses this spring. Eye candy at facebook.com/WildNordicSkiing.