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Tom Monaghan Smith, coach of the Michigan Technological University Nordic ski team, instructs volunteers during a snow shoveling event Saturday at Tech Trails in Houghton. (Trig Solberg/From The Gazette)
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More than 30 volunteers participated and helped shovel snow from Michigan Technological University's race course. (Trig Solberg/From The Gazette)
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Michigan Technological University Nordic Ski Team members Annabel Needham (left) and Wes Campbell pose for a selfie before the FIS World Junior/U23 Championships in Planica, Slovenia. (Photo provided by Michigan Technological University)
Tom Monaghan Smith, coach of the Michigan Technological University Nordic ski team, instructs volunteers during a snow shoveling event Saturday at Tech Trails in Houghton. (Trig Solberg/From The Gazette)
HOUGHTON — More than 30 members of the local ski community showed up Saturday morning to help shovel snow on the Michigan Tech Trail.
Michigan Technological University's Nordic Ski Team is scheduled to host the NCAA Midwest Regional Ski Championships on February 24th and 25th. Some members of the MTU ski team, cross country team, and race organization staff spent several hours finding clean snow. A forest placed on the race course.
Nearly 100 inches of snow has fallen in some areas of Houghton County this season, but recent warm weather has left some areas without snowpack, leaving bare ground.
Volunteer crews divided into groups and covered the bare edges and edges of the trails with snow.
The 15-mile ski trail is typically well over a foot deep at its trail base at this point in the winter. In order to protect the limited amount of snow left, most maintenance has been suspended recently. Aside from a few trail systems in the Upper Peninsula, the rest of the Midwest's Nordic ski trails are limited to trails that receive snow this winter.
More than 30 volunteers participated and helped shovel snow from Michigan Technological University's race course. (Trig Solberg/From The Gazette)
With even warmer weather expected next week, “Snow shoveling party” is scheduled for
Arrive at the Michigan Tech Trail Wax Burn next Saturday at 9am. There are probably plenty of shovels you can borrow. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
