Cross-country ski enthusiasts now have an authoritative guide to the best trails in Wisconsin. Author Chad McGrath has divided Stride and Glide into three regions featuring 25 trail systems that will challenge skiers with outrageous downhills and woo them with incredible beauty. This book allows readers to leisurely explore each trail system as they are taken on a written tour. Along the way, trail highlights and challenges are revealed as are places to see a notable tree or perhaps spot a fox. The author"s journal entries from his tour of the trails lend insight into the joys, frustrations and beauty of cross-country skiing.This guide is an outstanding source for quick information. Directions to the featured trail systems, telephone numbers, availability of trailhead shelter, detailed maps and more are at the reader"s fingertips. Stride and Glide offers skiers the chance to plan their own tours or perhaps dream of trails they will some day experience.