Category Archives: Skiing

The Michigan Environmental Trail - Our Land, Our History

January 15, 2007 – 10:10 am

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 [...]

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Three Michigan ski resorts mark 50th anniversary

December 28, 2006 – 10:23 am

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 [...]

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3rd Annual Detroit Winter Blast - February 9-11, 2007

December 14, 2006 – 9:40 am

Ice Rink by Allan M
Crain's Detroit Business reports that the Motown Winter Blast will return February 9-11, 2007 for the third year with a new name: Detroit's Winter Blast. The Blast was launched in 2005 as a build-up to Super Bowl XL and is expected to attract about 400,000 people to 11 downtown city blocks. [...]

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What DO you do during a Michigan winter?

December 6, 2006 – 10:41 am

Winter Cabin by tgrabb
Kristi Kates of the Northern Express has a column that offers some strategies for surviving winter in Michigan. As the current issue of the Express also dashed my hopes that Sugar Loaf (our local and long-shuttered ski resort) would open this winter, I find that I am more interested in finding ways [...]

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