All Blog Posts Tagged 'snowshoeing' (6)

The gear sled. Phone photo by Tim Dirks. Okay, one final blog post about winter camping in the Porcupine Mountains. When I tell people I went on a winter campout, most of them seem completely perplexed that anybody would want to do that, because, in their minds, it would ba… Continue

John Velis cozy in the quinzhee, warm digs for a winter campout. (The air hole appears larger than it actually was--about 4 inches diameter.) Phone photo by Tim Dirks. When my three friends and I gathered in a rental unit near the Porcupine Mountains the night before we were… Continue

Looking for a nice place to lie down for a while, on the Escarpment Trail, Porcupine Mountains, March 14, 2009. Lake of the Clouds in background. Phone photo by Tim Dirks. I’m just back from the Porcupine Mountains for an end-of-winter campout with three friends. I’ll write… Continue

NORDIC WALKING AND NORDIC SNOWSHOEING HELP TO ELIMINATE SHIN, KNEE, HIP AND BACK PAIN We are surrounded by beautiful trials - ideal for winter Nordic Walking and Nordic snowshoeing. There is NO excuse to not get outside and put in some healthy miles during the w… Continue

I was talking with a Traverse City gentleman the other day and he was saying that his son wanted to go skiing with him, but the dad declined because he was too out of shape. My instant recommendation was to get a pair of snowshoes and some poles. I'm a fan of snowshoes for people looking to get active in winter for a number of reasons. 1. Stability. With snowshoes and a set of poles even if you're not used to getting around in snow you are not likely to fall. And even if you do fall, yo… Continue

My daughter and I snowshoed with friends this week. The temperature’s been hovering just above zero in the eastern Upper Peninsula so we bundled up to head out across 110 acres of open field and woods behind their house in Dafter. The snow was perfect for big-footed creatures. Tracks remained where showshoe hares bounded across the snow, kept from sinking by their wide feet and the hard frozen layer created by a recent thaw. We shuffled through the same top fluffy layer, only slightly breaking… Continue