XC is fun, great exercise, and requires a lot of balance (trust me I have the bruise to prove it). You should totally give it a try but take a lesson it is not as easy as it looks. Those ski's are freaking skinny.
Snowshoeing is super easy no lessons needed but beware of the super deep powder I went down chest deep a couple of times when we were trying to take some short cuts. Calogero was there to pull me out thank God; because with no strength from laughing hysterically I would have been so stuck.
I was so focused on learning how to XC Ski I totally forgot to take pics so here are some of us snowshoeing. Isn't Utah just beautiful.