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All skiers!
Special yoga workshop just for cross country skiers. Focusing on stretching and strengthening the muscles used in cross country skiing so you can improve your flexibility and balance. Try it out! Adding yoga to your routine can bring extra enjoyment to your winter season on the trails.
In the upper level of the Swedetown Chalet at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 5th. Fee is $10 and preregistration is required. No previous yoga experience is needed. Bring a mat, blanket or floor pad to the session.
Send your name, email & phone number to: instructor Leah Tollefson (email to: swedetown.event@gmail.com). Note: We need a minimum number of pre-registered skiers to hold this workshop – check http://www.KeweenawTrails.com for announcements.
Come out to the Orpheum Theater & Studio Pizza to support the Maasto Hiihto/Churning Rapids trails! The money raised will be used for maintenance and building of the bridges in the gorgeous Swedetown Creek gorge. Featured music: Uncle Floyd (a Pink Floyd cover band) and Wingnuts with the singing Sheriff Ron Lahti.
Doors open at 7:00pm on Saturday December 5th at the Orpheum Theater in Hancock, MI. More information and ticket prices at the Facebook Event Page
Visit Santa at Rowe Furniture 11am-1pm, enjoy live music by the Clown Band, and have fun at a Copper Dog sponsored event and enjoy dog sled rides at Agassiz Park with free hot dogs, coffee and hot cocoa at Pavilion.
The Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club is hosting a XC Ski Waxing Clinic this Saturday, December 12th from 1:00 to 2:00 in the afternoon. The clinic is free and open to anyone who wants to learn about waxing cross country skis.
The clinic will be at the Chalet on the Houghton County Fairgrounds in Hancock. If you have questions please contact Pete Loubert at PVLoubert@hotmail.com.
Register early for this once a year mountain bike camp for ladies. Hosted by Copper Harbor Trails Club, the event sells out within hours of registration opening. More info here: www.copperharbortrails.org/
Come enjoy the trails from 12-5pm, no pass needed! If you’ve been thinking about trying snowshoeing, classic cross-country skiing, or skate-skiing, Cross Country Sports will be providing free rentals for the day!
See you out there!!
If you have questions, call the shop at (906) 337 – 4520
January 16, 1 pm – Annual Snowshoe Hike at Black Creek Nature Sanctuary
Meet at parking area at the trailhead along Sedar Bay Road. Join stewards Jill and Pete for a 3.5 mile hike through a varied forest landscape to a lovely lagoon and a dramatic opening onto Lake Superior. Peter and Jill invite participants to their home nearby for warming and refreshments afterwards. Dress for the weather and bring water, snacks, and snowshoes.
The hike will be postponed if the weather is extreme. Contact the Michigan Nature Association to get updates.
Getting there: From US-41 on the north end of Calumet, turn west onto M-203, and travel about 1.25 miles to Tamarack Waterworks Road and turn right. Travel 2.5 miles on Tamarack Waterworks Road to Sedar Bay Road and turn right again. Follow Sedar Bay Road approximately 2.5 miles until reaching the Black Creek trailhead sign on the right, about 0.2 miles from the end of the public road.
CPR Class offered at the Swedetown Chalet, 7 p.m. on Monday, January 25th
What if you are out skiing or hiking and someone collapses with cardiac arrest? Would you know what to do while waiting for 911 Responders to arrive?
The American Heart Association – Family and Friends Adult Hands-only CPR class will be offered at the Swedetown Chalet in Calumet in cooperation with the Aspirus Keweenaw Education Department. Includes chest compression instruction and practice on dummies as well as demonstration of an AED (automated defibrillator). The session will last about one hour.
The course is ideal for active skiers, bikers and hikers. Anyone is welcome – you do not need to be a Swedetown member or skier.
You must register in advance, class size is limited. Cost for the session is $15 and includes take-home materials. To register, use email to send your name, email and phone number to the Swedetown Trails Club: swedetown.event@gmail.com
(Note: This is not the right course for those required to be certified in CPR for their job. CPR certification courses for daycare providers and other jobs are offered by UPHealth in Hancock, 483-1000 and Aspirus Keweenaw in Laurium, 337-6560.)