You’ve probably watched ski jumping on TV, or at the very least gaped at the spandex-clad men and women who have mastered the art of straight-lining it down a ramp and through the air with a pair of cartoonishly-large skis on. But were you able to hear the actual “whizzing” noise that a ski jumper…
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North of Marquette, a certain corridor of pines is home to scores of secret hiding places. A haven of rivers, rock outcrops, mountains, and beaches—County Road 550 traces the shoreline of Lake Superior for about 25 miles from Marquette to Big Bay. Early one January morning, my roommate Steph and I…
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Unpredictable weather is no stranger to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, but when guessing what the weather is going to be like in mid-February, cold and snowy is a pretty safe bet. Another safe bet is that no matter how cold and snowy it gets on February 20th, hundreds of fat bike enthusiasts will be…
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Staying in rhythm is Liza’s biggest job on the trail. Off the trail, it’s much of the same. Imagine feeding a whole team of sled dogs everyday. For a team of 22, that’s about 45 pounds of food daily. Now consider caring for sore paws and strained legs. Then there’s training, picking up poop and…
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Getting a photo of the Northern Lights, Aurora Borealis, or most commonly referred to as Holy smokes, what’s that in the sky? isn’t exactly easy. For starters, they’re largely unpredictable. Next, they’re hard to find, most of the time you need to be pretty far north geographically. And lastly, it…
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If the Vierling Restaurant in downtown Marquette had a slogan, I imagine it would be this: Beer brewed a few steps from your table, and fish caught a few steps down the street. Even if the latter part isn’t necessarily true, the corner of Front and Main is a few hundred feet off the shore. Visitors…
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The fall colors are now on the ground and, unfortunately, the white stuff hasn’t quite joined the party yet. Popular belief will tell you that November in Marquette is the blandest of months, but that doesn’t mean you have to stay inside and start working on cabin fever a month early. Here’s the…
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[embed]https://vimeo.com/138629436[/embed] This is how I imagined my first Marquette Enduro bike race coming up this Sunday, October 4th: A tangled mess of girl, bike, dirt, and brilliant autumn leaves. Beyond certain self-injury in the name of my perverse sense of pride, I imagine bearded dudes in…
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