CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT “There may have been more grass than you’d like to see in January, but after our first ski day was cancelled due to weather, we were just happy to find snow to slide on at Crystal Mountain, MI.” Photo: Colin Clancy “We were the only group tailgating in an out-of-the-way Crystal parking lot, and it felt like the mountain belonged to us.” Photo: Colin Clancy “Rain, fog and thin snow cover didn’t stop the crowds from enjoying one of Michigan’s best destination ski resorts, Crystal Mountain.” Photo: Colin Clancy In 1905, skiers in Ishpheming, MI, formed the National Skiing Association, and the small Upper Peninsula town near Marquette is now home to the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of Fame and Museum. Photo: Colin Clancy THE SCANDINAVIAN IMMIGRANTS WHO BROUGHT SKIING TO THE U.P. ALSO BROUGHT SOMETHING ANY TIRED SKIER CAN GET BEHIND: SAUNAS. 066 The Ski Journal
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