Editing Cross-country skiing (section)

===Ski touring===
[[Ski touring]] takes place off-[[piste]] and outside of [[ski resorts]]. Tours may extend over multiple days. Typically, [[ski]]s, [[ski bindings|bindings]], and [[ski boot|boots]] allow for free movement of the heel to enable a walking pace, as with [[Nordic skiing|Nordic disciplines]] and unlike [[Alpine skiing]].<ref name=branigan>{{cite book|title= A Complete Guide to Alpine Ski Touring Ski Mountaineering and Nordic Ski Touring Including Useful Information for Off Piste Skiers and Snow Boarders|date= 2014|publisher= Authorhouse|isbn= 978-1-4918-8808-7|page= xvii}}</ref> Ski touring's subgenre [[ski mountaineering]] involves independently navigating and route finding through potential [[avalanche]] terrain and often requires familiarity with [[meteorology]] along with skiing skills. Ski touring can be faster and easier than summer [[hiking]] in some terrain, allowing for traverses and ascents that would be harder in the summer. Skis can also be used to access backcountry alpine climbing routes when snow is off the technical route, but still covers the hiking trail. In some countries, organizations maintain a network of huts for use by cross-country skiers in wintertime. For example, the [[Norwegian Trekking Association]] maintains over 400 huts stretching across thousands of kilometres of trails which hikers can use in the summer and skiers in the winter.<ref name=volken>{{cite book|last1= Volken|first1= Martin|last2= Schnell|first2= Scott|last3= Wheeler|first3= Margaret|title= Backcountry Skiing: Skills for Ski Touring and Ski Mountaineering|date= 2007|publisher= Mountaineers Books|isbn= 978-1-59485-038-7|page= [https://archive.org/details/backcountryskiin00volk/page/12 12]|url= https://archive.org/details/backcountryskiin00volk/page/12|access-date= 2014-07-12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web| title = DNT routes
 | work = Routes and cabins
 | publisher = The Norwegian Trekking Association
 | date = 2015
 | url = http://english.turistforeningen.no/index.php?fo_id=3982
 | access-date = 2015-06-29
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150901154948/http://english.turistforeningen.no/index.php?fo_id=3982
 | archive-date = 1 September 2015
 | url-status = dead
 }}</ref>