What the hell is Homologation?

You might ask. Frankly, I'm still not sure, though I did just walk a homologated cross country ski course this morning with other media sorts and Jackson Ski Touring Center board members.

"Let's make an alpine ski analogy," says Amy "Gunn" Patinaude, a master ski racer and winner of Jackson's last 30 K marathon she'll have you know. "Cross country skiing on the old course is like glade skiing. It's an art, it's a sport. Now, these trails are like a slalom course. You need to fine tune your athletic ability, because there isn't anything in the way anymore."



The course has basically been landscaped to ski like a Nascar track. The turns are banked and elevated, the trails widened and evened out.


"It's a 17,520 foot long earth sculpture," says president Tom Perkins proudly.




Jackson, NH

I just thought it was a nice walk in the woods.