Category Archives: Skiing

Wintry Wednesday: Get ready to ski, Michigan!

November 19, 2008 – 10:04 am

Load Here by btwphotography
The Michigan Snowsports Industries Association (MSIA) reports that thanks to our current bout of wintry weather, most ski areas across Michigan have fired up their snow guns. Some will open this weekend and more will be open by Thanksgiving. Ski areas planning to open on or before Friday, November 28 [...]

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Michigan 4th graders ski for free!

November 19, 2008 – 8:50 am

The Michigan Snowsports Industries Association (MSIA) and Dasani Water have established a state-wide "Cold is Cool" Fourth Grade Ski & Ride Passport that provides every fourth grader in Michigan the opportunity to ski for free up to 3 times at any of 22 downhill and cross country ski areas with a paying adult. Read on [...]

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Marquette, Michigan – 'Paradise Found'

March 27, 2008 – 7:22 am

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 [...]

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Photo Friday: Michigan Regional Ski Championships by FB Photography

February 15, 2008 – 12:53 pm

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.

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

January 3, 2008 – 10:04 am

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 [...]

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Absolute Michigan: The Week for December 30, 2007

December 31, 2007 – 8:47 am

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!

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Michigan Ski Tour: Racing, Events & More

December 18, 2007 – 10:21 am

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

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Michigan Ski Tour: Cross Country Skiing

December 17, 2007 – 9:29 am

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!

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Michigan Word of the Week: Snow

December 17, 2007 – 9:23 am

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) [...]

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Michigan Ski Tour: Southeast Lower Michigan

December 14, 2007 – 11:09 am

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!

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