The Department of Natural Resources & Environment is offering free camping in the summer of 2011 for outdoor lovers who volunteer as campground hosts at Michigan state parks or state forest campgrounds.
Yankee Springs Golf Course will have cross country trails this winter. Two trails will be groomed: a longer trail of 2.8 miles and shorter trail 1.8 miles. The Yankee Springs G.C. Restaurant and Bar will be open Fridays and Saturdays for food and drink.
Here's the official list of groomed cross country ski trails in Michigan State Parks and Recreation Areas.
Jeff Neth writes a nice article about the Cadillac Pathway. Excerpt and link to the full article...
8th March 1912...we have just received word from our London offices that ...apparently this bulletin was published exclusively in London's Daily Chronicle newspaper, by special arrangement with Captain Amundsen himself...thus far, there has been no news.
The Department of Natural Resources and Environment announced that Muncie Lake Pathway (13 miles southeast of Traverse City) and Cadillac Pathway (5 miles northeast of Cadillac) will be groomed for cross-country skiing thanks to local public support.
The Yale Whiffenpoofs visit Forbush Corner near Grayling, MI for a cross country ski adventure - and honor the owners with song!
I want to thank Rebecca Humphries and the rest of the DNR for providing reliable grooming and not having to depend on two old snowmobiles on their last legs.
Ann Arbor City Council is considering a proposal which would eliminate an area traditionally used for cross country skiing, the Huron Hills Parkland.
Huron Meadows Metropark has taken delivery of a new fleet of Fischer SC SkateCut skate skis, becoming the only place in southern Michigan offer skate ski rentals.
Garrott Kuzzy and Brian Gregg, both professional cross-country ski racers, led 30 kids from Minnesota, Wisconsin, Montana, Wyoming, Great Britain, and Utah through 90 minutes of pure fun on skis.
They said "Why, it's the most fitness in exercise that you can get! It works out your whole body! My daughter just did a report on it." --But none of them mentioned that it's just plain FUN.