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Sports
& Recreation
Links to Sports & Rec On-Line
. X-Country
& Snowshoe Sites
A little reprise from last
year's Winter Holidays issue. ; These links will take you to some on-line
resources for x-country and snowshoeing, including one housed right up at UVM. For
links to mountains for you downhill fans, check out this month's RE:
Creation / Skiing in the DownStreet Neighborhood.
Northern
Vermont Nordic Skiing
 This
one's a local site, up at UVM, whose full title is: Northern Vermont
Cross-country, Backcountry and Telemark Skiing.
.
The
site offers links to: What's new; What's here; Disclaimer &
Vermont Law regarding rescue; Cross-country ski areas; Alpine areas which
have backcountry access or telemark classes; Backcountry areas;
Organizations/Clubs in VT which promote cross-country skiing
...Equipment; Weather & Ski reports; Skivt Home Lodge (W. A. Wright's
Vermont Alpine Skiing Stuff); Other Skiing related servers Other most
excellent Telemark sites; plus Dave Paynes Telemarque(tm) and a
Telemark Skiing WWW Page by T. Cox.
.
There
are better sites out there for x-c. But the value of this one is that
it's local..
Rating: ***1/2 [3-1/2 stars]
. Cross
Country Skiing in New England
This one's the next wider circle --
New England. ; The emphasis seems to be on events and the commercial
segment of things. But even so ...
.
The
links from the first page are numerous: Articles, Books, Classifieds, CSU,
Equipment, Glossary, Kids' Skiing, Links, Lodging, Masters, Photos,
Rankings, Results, Schedule, Ski Clubs, Ski Conditions, Ski Trails, Skier
Profiles, Stories, Wax, What's New, and X-C Centers.
.
Cross
Country Skiing New England can help you locate sites here in Vermont, and
throughout the rest of new England. On that score alone, it's worth a
visit.
Rating: **** [4 stars]
. Backpacker:
Snowshoe Center
Backpacker
provides a comprehensive, easy-to-navigate, and thoroughly resource-packed
site. ....
.
Here, you'll find
links to News {News, Editorial, Surveys}, Gear{a GearFinder, Reviews,
Dictionary, Repairs, and Manufacturers}, Destinations {Features, Weekends,
Places, and Anyplace Wild}, Technique {Nutrition, Health, Know How,
Nature, Jargon}, and Community {Trail Talk, Q&A, Trail Club,s Events,
Peak Links, and a Photo Gallery}.
.
For
all it has to offer the snowshoer -- whether novice or experienced -- this
is a great site..
Rating: ****1/2 [4-1/2 stars]
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About Links to Sports & Rec On-Line
The
amount of info on the web is enormous, as anyone who's ever tried to run a
search can attest to. To put it all in context, best estimates say that
only a fraction -- maybe 20 - 40 % of what's out there -- is actually making its
way to the search engines. Well, here at DownStreet,
we'd like to try to help. So each issue, we post a few links in Sports
& Rec to sites that might interest you. Sometimes the links will be
related to one another ; sometimes we'll just offer up a somewhat random
sampling. Sometimes they're about Vermont sites, sometimes not. Of
course, while we can't vouch for the fact that every link we provide will be of
interest to everyone, we do our best to filter out the noise and the bustle and
focus on quality sites. ... In that light, we hope you enjoy these sites
as much as we have. *******
******* If you know of any
links that you think are worthwhile, why not send them along to ...
links@downstreetmagazine.com
... If we agree, we'll be happy to include
them in an upcoming issue to pass the word along. ...
Thanks. *******
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