Cross-country skiing is skiing and ski crutches as a tool in the undulating hills of the provisions of the mountains along the lines of a snow slide event.

Skiing is an ancient sport, the first spread in Scandinavia, is also the earliest human use of apparatus in the form of exercise. February 3, 1924, the International Ski Federation founded in France Xiameng Ni, the same year was listed as Olympic cross-country skiing events. Cross-country skiing technology into traditional and freestyle two taxiways technology, traditional requirements of athletes in competition may not be used in the ice-tread technology, technical freestyle taxiing on the athletes not to tread dynamic movements restricted.

Venue: Snow Road uphill request, the volatility of pavement and changes in the downhill each 1 / 3, Ice Road, the highest point no more than 1,800 meters above sea level.

The events are :

• Man traditional 10 km, the traditional 30 km to 50 km, 4 × 10 km relay
• Women's traditional five kilometers, the traditional 15 km to 30 km, 4 × 5 km relay