Keweenaw Peninsula Trail Report – 03/26
KEWEENAW PENINSULA UPDATE via Keweenaw Trail Reports –
The forecast includes a chance for light rain in the Keweenaw and warmer temps again for a few days. Trails are still holding up well for late season riding, however getting in and out of any towns become increasingly more difficult as the roads are bare. It is very difficult to pass through Houghton/Hancock.
Jay Piotrowski and family spent the day riding trails in Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula and this is the report he gave of the trails they were on……
“Riding was great today only bad spot was 134 spur to High Rock. Looks like groomer may have gotten stuck up at high rock last time they groomed. Other than that 134 was flat and fast. 3 from Vansville to Copper was great ….there was still enough snow and water in Copper Harbor for my scratchers to throw and keep me cool getting into town. 124 was great. Around 7pm trails were getting pretty loose. Saw a groomer crossing 41 southbound in Ahmeek. Fingers crossed rain doesn’t hit hard and temps stay down.”
Thanks Jay for taking the time to update us with a trail report. If anyone else is out riding the area please feel free to share a report on conditions and/or photos!
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Conditions as of March 25, 2019:
Most snowmobile trails from Twin Lakes to Copper Harbor are in spring condition. The edges on the trails are soft, please use caution. Trail 122 has several flooded areas and will be closed for the rest of the season. The west and east Lac La Belle Loops (132) will not be groomed, due to some icy stretches on hills that have made it unsafe to operate a groomer on. Those trails are still open to snowmobile traffic. As the season works towards a close, the grooming operations will be adjusted on a daily basis to accommodate the safety of our groomer operators, so riders should expect varying conditions on the trails.
Trail 120 and 121 that goes around Freda is closed for the season and will not be reopened, as well as Trail 3 from Dollar Bay to Lake Linden. You can still get to Dollar Bay by way of Hancock and to Lake Linden by way of Calumet. Trail 133 is closed for the season for logging.
Please stay on the trails, STAY OFF THE ICE, respect private property, do not drink and drive, and above all else, drive safely. The signs on the trails are there for rider’s safety so please DO NOT remove or destroy them.
Snowfall & Weather:
Snowfall in the Keweenaw Peninsula: No new snow with 35 inches of snow on the ground, 262 inches have fallen to date as of 3/26/2019.
Today’s forecast: Cloudy, high 41, low 32
Wednesday’s forecast: Cloudy, high 48, low 35
Thursday’s forecast: Cloudy, high 39 low 26
Friday’s forecast: Cloudy, high 37, low 23
Saturday’s forecast: Cloudy, high 27, low 20
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FYI if riding trails around the Bergland areaSB ROUTE mile and a half east of the ES Route (east shore rd) in Bergland we have a washout hole. The area is staked off. Please use caution when going around the banks are very steep
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School's in session! The Pelkie One-Room Schoolhouse was built in 1909. This is the last one-room schoolhouse out of the 17 that existed in Baraga County. The building was used as a one-room school until 1932 and later served as a community hall. In 1979, the Sturgeon Valley Historical Society began restoration of the schoolhouse. They have done a phenomenal job making necessary repairs, upgrades, collecting original pieces & photographs, cleaning & volunteering their time to open the schoolhouse up for tours.
Preserved artifacts include a horse-drawn school bus on the property that has a wood stove inside to keep the children warm; the original attendance sheets; drawings & initials carved into the desks by students; the tests students had to take to pass (could you pass?); the scrapbooks filled with photos & stories; school bell; a dunce hat; and old toys found beneath the school. There's so much to see here!
They had a champion hockey team called the Dairymen who were fierce rivals with Calumet. The ice rink was just down the road from the school.
There are only 2 more Sundays left before they close for the season! They will be open 11am-4pm on September 22nd & 29th. They'll reopen Memorial Day weekend.
www.michigan.org/property/pelkie-historical-school-house
Thanks for sharing some of the history of the Keweenaw! I have enjoyed your posts!
What an awesome undertaking! Kudos to all who participated in any way.
Thank you for all the history you share with us♥️
Same year Grandpa homesteaded our farm.
A very interesting article and pictures, thanks.
Beautiful!
OMG this is so wonderful that the community and everyone else stepped in to preserve this old history, I especially love the old horse drawn school bus!! Hugs to all of you guys involved!! 🤗 🌹 🇺🇲
What a great job was done in restoring the Pelkie school!
Joan Jacobson Eric Erickson
Robert Domagalski
Erin Peterson
The Bammert Blacksmith Shop is located in Phoenix, Michigan.
Donated to the Keweenaw Historical Society in 1998 by the grandsons of blacksmith Amos Bammert, the shop was built in the 1880s at the Cliff Mine location and moved to Phoenix in about 1906. Amos, born in 1863, operated the shop until his death in 1940.
Blacksmiths were in high demand in the early days of copper mining, as horse-drawn carriages and wagons were the principal means of land transportation until the arrival of railroads in the early 1900s.
Interested in learning more about the art of being a blacksmith? On September 27th, at the Calumet Art Center's Big Green Church will be a class taught by Kris Southerland of Copper Island Forge. For cost/registration please see: www.keweenaw.info/event-detail/introduction-to-blacksmithing-with-kris-southerland-of-copper-isla...
"When you have a hammer, everything is a nail. When you have a blacksmith, everything is anything you want it to be."
#keweenaw #puremichigan
For want of a nail, the horse was lost.
For want of a horse, the rider was lost.
For want of a rider, the battle was lost.
For want of a battle, a kingdom was lost.
A kingdom was lost, all for the want of a horseshoe nail!
I've read that once the cliff mine was closed that they moved a lot of the buildings to Phoenix. I just cant help but immagine how much of an undertaking it must have been to move a building in those days. Probably piece by piece but still.
Hancock, Michigan is home to Finlandia University, the only remaining university in North America founded by Finnish immigrants. Driving through Hancock you'll notice a few street signs in both English and Finnish, a nod to their rich heritage. Go out for breakfast at the Suomi Bakery & Restaurant in downtown Houghton or the Kaleva in Hancock and get told the special is pannukakku...panna-whatta?
The Finnish language has one of the most phonetic writing systems in the world, but grammar is a completely different game!
Do you have trouble with any Finnish words or curious if you've been saying something correctly?
Fear not – Santari Says is here! 🦸
www.instagram.com/p/B2ZwRi0lZ1J/?igshid=alqnr2eyzafd
I make it a couple of times each year. They even make it in South Dakota.
Love it, my grandparents ran the kaleva after they immigrated from Finland! I always loved hearing their story, they lived the true American dream 🇫🇮🇺🇸
‘Eh!!
Carrie Costea Luikku
Judy Shimmin Haber
Kelly Schustak
Lisa Ver Hage Hancock
I LOVE Suomi’s pannukakku!!!
Tanssisalista Helvellin.
Travis Matthew Kristina Wiltzius
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FYI if riding trails around the Bergland areaSB ROUTE mile and a half east of the ES Route (east shore rd) in Bergland we have a washout hole. The area is staked off. Please use caution when going around the banks are very steep
Send it
School's in session! The Pelkie One-Room Schoolhouse was built in 1909. This is the last one-room schoolhouse out of the 17 that existed in Baraga County. The building was used as a one-room school until 1932 and later served as a community hall. In 1979, the Sturgeon Valley Historical Society began restoration of the schoolhouse. They have done a phenomenal job making necessary repairs, upgrades, collecting original pieces & photographs, cleaning & volunteering their time to open the schoolhouse up for tours.
Preserved artifacts include a horse-drawn school bus on the property that has a wood stove inside to keep the children warm; the original attendance sheets; drawings & initials carved into the desks by students; the tests students had to take to pass (could you pass?); the scrapbooks filled with photos & stories; school bell; a dunce hat; and old toys found beneath the school. There's so much to see here!
They had a champion hockey team called the Dairymen who were fierce rivals with Calumet. The ice rink was just down the road from the school.
There are only 2 more Sundays left before they close for the season! They will be open 11am-4pm on September 22nd & 29th. They'll reopen Memorial Day weekend.
www.michigan.org/property/pelkie-historical-school-house
Thanks for sharing some of the history of the Keweenaw! I have enjoyed your posts!
What an awesome undertaking! Kudos to all who participated in any way.
Thank you for all the history you share with us♥️
Same year Grandpa homesteaded our farm.
A very interesting article and pictures, thanks.
Beautiful!
OMG this is so wonderful that the community and everyone else stepped in to preserve this old history, I especially love the old horse drawn school bus!! Hugs to all of you guys involved!! 🤗 🌹 🇺🇲
What a great job was done in restoring the Pelkie school!
Joan Jacobson Eric Erickson
Robert Domagalski
Erin Peterson
The Bammert Blacksmith Shop is located in Phoenix, Michigan.
Donated to the Keweenaw Historical Society in 1998 by the grandsons of blacksmith Amos Bammert, the shop was built in the 1880s at the Cliff Mine location and moved to Phoenix in about 1906. Amos, born in 1863, operated the shop until his death in 1940.
Blacksmiths were in high demand in the early days of copper mining, as horse-drawn carriages and wagons were the principal means of land transportation until the arrival of railroads in the early 1900s.
Interested in learning more about the art of being a blacksmith? On September 27th, at the Calumet Art Center's Big Green Church will be a class taught by Kris Southerland of Copper Island Forge. For cost/registration please see: www.keweenaw.info/event-detail/introduction-to-blacksmithing-with-kris-southerland-of-copper-isla...
"When you have a hammer, everything is a nail. When you have a blacksmith, everything is anything you want it to be."
#keweenaw #puremichigan
For want of a nail, the horse was lost. For want of a horse, the rider was lost. For want of a rider, the battle was lost. For want of a battle, a kingdom was lost. A kingdom was lost, all for the want of a horseshoe nail!
I've read that once the cliff mine was closed that they moved a lot of the buildings to Phoenix. I just cant help but immagine how much of an undertaking it must have been to move a building in those days. Probably piece by piece but still.
Hancock, Michigan is home to Finlandia University, the only remaining university in North America founded by Finnish immigrants. Driving through Hancock you'll notice a few street signs in both English and Finnish, a nod to their rich heritage. Go out for breakfast at the Suomi Bakery & Restaurant in downtown Houghton or the Kaleva in Hancock and get told the special is pannukakku...panna-whatta?
The Finnish language has one of the most phonetic writing systems in the world, but grammar is a completely different game!
Do you have trouble with any Finnish words or curious if you've been saying something correctly?
Fear not – Santari Says is here! 🦸
www.instagram.com/p/B2ZwRi0lZ1J/?igshid=alqnr2eyzafd
I make it a couple of times each year. They even make it in South Dakota.
Love it, my grandparents ran the kaleva after they immigrated from Finland! I always loved hearing their story, they lived the true American dream 🇫🇮🇺🇸
‘Eh!!
Carrie Costea Luikku
Judy Shimmin Haber
Kelly Schustak
Lisa Ver Hage Hancock
I LOVE Suomi’s pannukakku!!!
Tanssisalista Helvellin.
Travis Matthew Kristina Wiltzius
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