lake mich at winter

Winter has not really started here in Michigan. It is dark, cold..but not that cold- so mostly just dark.  In absence of real winter, I give you some pictures from last winter. A bunch of us hippies took our kids out to Lake Michigan to see the ice pack, do some skiing and sledding.  It was a bright and sunny day and a great day to be out in the elements.

Lake Michigan Cravass rescue training

From the East: Lower Slope, sand band of death, and then many bands of ice build up.

the Bonsai version of a skiing mountain.

exposing children to the elements.

Two person sled and one big dune = fun.

The video above was left as a comment on Telemark Tips. It is video of skiing down the dunes in Benzie County.  Probably one of those half hour climb to 19 second run jobs that we here at FTD are so fond of.
 A new Slogan  85 % climb, 15% run..fun til death.