Category Archives: Skiing

Blogs We Dig: RandomSPACE by Lars Jensen

RandomSPACE features the musings and photography of Lars Jensen. Lars explains:
Well, I'm not sure what to say about this place. As the title suggests it is mostly random stuff, although in recent times it has mostly focused on photography from my travels. I try to only put stuff on this page that is interesting [...]

MichTube: Deep powder in Northern Michigan

Dianna of Promote Michigan passed something along from my backyard of Leelanau. Amazing.

Inaugural Cherry Capital Winter WonderFest

Organizers of the National Cherry Festival (which brings over a half million visitors to Traverse City each July) are teaming up with the Grand Traverse Resort & Spa to launch the Cherry Capital Winter WonderFest. The three day winter celebration will feature music, food, wine and winter sports takes place March 2-4, 2007.
The festival takes [...]

Michigan's Weekend Wintery Blast

Simplicity by ojoyous1
Just as Michigan was starting to warm up and the snow was starting to melt, Mother Nature came in with a wallop this past weekend.
From Monroe to Ishpeming, motorists found themselves stranded, school kids had yet another snow day, utility workers found themselves putting in overtime, and the snowplows were out en masse.
The [...]

Assignment: Why Michigan is the best state in the country

Drift at Sunrise by CaptPiper
We received an email from Mitchell Hirsch asking for a little help. We thought our Michigan-loving audience be able to help him out a little. In addition to mailing the things he asks for, maybe you could post a couple links to things he can print out. It's our duty [...]

Michigan and Climate Crisis

The bright side is that Michigan won't be half underwater in 100 years like some states. On the less than bright side, this graphic in the Freep shows what Michigan could look like in 2100 as a result of global warming's impacts. Swampy shores, Mississippi hot, vanished songbirds, dying trout and a lot of snowmobiles [...]

Valentine's Day Fun in Michigan

We Love Detroit by Devo(lutio)n
In their Valentine's feature Detroit is for Lovers, Model D takes you on a sort of romantic and definitely whirlwind tour of the Motor City that takes you to the bar (then from the bar), around the city, moving in, moving out.
If you're in the Mid-Michigan area, think about stopping [...]

Introduce Your Michigan Business or Organization!

Hey there, we thought it might be nice to have a place where folks could say "hello" and tell everyone a little bit about their Michigan business, nonprofit, community organization, or other web site or blog (sorry, only Michigan, and please keep the posts brief). Feel free to add a comment below and definitely include [...]

The Michigan Environmental Trail - Our Land, Our History

Elizabeth Park Reflection by mandj98
If there's one thing that all Michiganians can be proud of, it's the beauty of our natural environment. Whether it's the Great Lakes shoreline, our sprawling forests and trails or the sand dunes, it makes a big mark on our state and in our lives. It seems only appropriate that the [...]

Three Michigan ski resorts mark 50th anniversary

Michigan Radio reports that Crystal Mountain in Thompsonville, Ski Brule in Iron River and Mount Holly in Southeast Michigan are all celebrating 50 years of skiing and other snowsports. It's a wide-ranging feature that looks at where the industry began and where it is today.
According to the Michigan Snowsports Industries Association, downhill skiing, snowboarding, cross [...]