Category Archives: Skiing

Marquette, Michigan - 'Paradise Found'

NW vista by DA2Brian
Marquette, MI has been named one of the top 200 places in the U.S. for sportsmen and women to put their roots down in the April edition of Outdoor Life magazine.
These places exist in every state, towns where you can step out your back door with a fly rod or a shotgun [...]

Photo Friday: Michigan Regional Ski Championships by FB Photography

John has several photos from yesterday's Michigan Regional Ski Championships at Alpine Valley in White Lake.
He's a professional photographer and his FrawgByte Photography site has probably the best frog-based logo animation ever. His sets include Winter Sports, Equestrian and Scenic.

Michigan February Event Calendar

Our Michigan February Event Calendar seems to demonstrate that the more the weather tries to keepDownload free cingular ringtone, cingular wireless, download free cingular music ringtone! About Me Name: cingular sprint ringtones View my complete profile. us bottled up, the more innovative ways [...]

900 + 25,000 = a whole lot of photos!

Todd (cedarkayak) was the 900th person to join the Absolute Michigan group on Flickr. I figured that since the kayak (which he built) was the basis for his user name, it made sense to select this photo of the South Manitou Island Lighthouse. He writes that he used a sail to speed the crossing from [...]

Absolute Michigan: The Week for December 30, 2007

The first episode of The Week features the latest ride of the Eleven Seconds to Midnight Gang, the 1913 Massacre at Calumet's Italian Hall, coming events and (of course) a bunch of photos from the Absolute Michigan pool. Read on for all the links!

Michigan January Event Calendar

Here's a few highlights of the many events being held around Michigan for the month of January. A lot of them are out in the snow for snowmobiles, skates, skis and sled dogs, but there's also a chance to heat up with the Ann Arbor Folk Fest, Ferndale Blues and the Detroit Auto Show. The [...]

Michigan Ski Tour: Racing, Events & More

Welcome to the last day of our Michigan Ski Tour featuring downhill & cross country ski racing and some general ski links. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and that you get a chance to enjoy cruising on some great runs or trails this winter.

Michigan Ski Tour: Cross Country Skiing

Last week, our Michigan Ski Tour took you to downhill skiing resorts from one end of the state to the other. You don't need a lift to have fun with skis though - read on for all kinds of nordic skiing fun!

Michigan Word of the Week: Snow

new snow, fog and sunrise by Latitude45
As snow arrives (which it did with a vengeance in the southern part of Michigan yesterday), Michiganders divide into two camps: those wishing they could hit the road for Florida and those readying their snow gear for all that winter has to offer. Here at Absolute Michigan we (mostly) [...]

Michigan Ski Tour: Southeast Lower Michigan

Our Michigan Ski Tour stops next in Southeast Lower Michigan. Stay tuned next week too as we explore cross country skiing and some events and racing!