Gunflint Mail Run Fun
Matt, Cassidy and Joe worked a couple volunteer road crossing shifts for the Gunflint Mail Run sled dog race this past weekend. The last team didn’t get to their checkpoint until after 2AM so they had a short night of …
Category: News
Snow Depth and Snow Fall
Here’s some interesting information about how snowfall and snow depth is measured. If you want to know the official snow measurement guidelines from NOAA then check out their handbook that the volunteers who measure the snow use. This is a …
Superior Scenes
Josh Prom captured some scenes of winter beauty on the North Shore of Lake Superior and shared them. Enjoy!
Favorable Forecast
Temperatures are expected to climb up into the teens above zero degrees tomorrow and next week! This is exciting news for those of us who love to get outside in the snow. While I love to cross-country ski it’s a …
When the wind blows and the sun rises
It’s something I have never noticed before. While the hours of daylight get longer after the winter solstice the time of the actual sunrise gets later. The sunrise for our area on December 21st was 7:47:16 am and the sunrise …
Holy Ships!
I made the drive down the shore yesterday to attend a cross-country ski meet in Duluth. The temperature was hovering around zero, give or take a few degrees, and the sea smoke on Lake Superior was impressive. As I rounded …
Happy New Year!
We hope your new year is filled with family, friends, fun and a trip to Voyageur Canoe Outfitters!
New Year’s Eve Day
Enjoy the last day of the year and all the best in 2018.
See the Supermoons
The new year starts out with two supermoons in January. While the definition of a supermoon is when a new moon or full moon is closest to the earth only the full supermoon receives attention. We just had a supermoon …
-31 Degrees
It’s like the thermometer won’t go below -31 degrees. I’m not complaining it’s just strange that it has been the low temperature for three days in a row. I think it will get above zero degrees today. The last time …