The Abbey on Butler Street - Today's Viking Fun Fact: Vikings enjoyed skiing! Archaeological evidence has found that rudimentary skis have existed for 6000 years. For Vikings, skiing was a popular way
![Cartoon of a Viking skier by Bob Buge for Ski Magazine, November 1959. | University of Utah Marriott Library | J. Willard Marriott Digital Library Cartoon of a Viking skier by Bob Buge for Ski Magazine, November 1959. | University of Utah Marriott Library | J. Willard Marriott Digital Library](https://collections.lib.utah.edu/dl_files/a2/f0/a2f00a771a5d64f0770276161a04b4028aa4c937.jpg)
Cartoon of a Viking skier by Bob Buge for Ski Magazine, November 1959. | University of Utah Marriott Library | J. Willard Marriott Digital Library
![A ski from the Viking Age melted out of the ice in 2014. A few years later the second ski in the pair appeared A ski from the Viking Age melted out of the ice in 2014. A few years later the second ski in the pair appeared](https://image.sciencenorway.no/2104789.webp?imageId=2104789&x=0.00&y=0.00&cropw=100.00&croph=91.82&width=964&height=552&format=jpg)