Crosscut Mountain Sports Center — Hotel in Bozeman

We had a wonderful time learning some XC Skiing basics from Jodi this weekend. My wife and I are brand new to the sport, and it can be a bit intimidating starting from scratch with a new activity as an adult, but Jodi made us feel welcome and answered all our questions (including some we didn't know we had). I had a small crash which resulted in one of my bindings breaking and an internal spring flying out. Jodi went back to where I crashed later in the day and actually found the missing spring, then contacted my wife with instructions on where we could pick it up so I wouldn't have to buy new bindings. She went above and beyond, and couldn't have been nicer to work with during our lesson... I'd strongly suggest getting a lesson from Jodi if you're just getting into XC skiing, or if you've been off your skis for a while and want...

Bohart Ranch is fantastic for nordic skiing. Extensive trails of varied difficulty in the Bridger Range's peaceful forest. A bit expensive for cross-country skiing ($15) but well worth the occasional trip or season pass if you're a committed XC skier.

Although the facility is excellent, they are a cash-only operation, which is a bit annoying this day in age. This may be due to lack of mobile service in the canyon for mobile payments and, I presume, no network cables running...

Jodi was absolutely wonderful! I am a beginner beginner (have only ever done four downhill ski runs in my life) and I went to the Nordic class as part of a family outing. Jodi was very patient, thoughtful, encouraging, and divided her time very well between our party of five. I left the class confident and wanting to do more Nordic! The rental process was also very easy, as was finding the place, and parking....