Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Bryce Martin, 8, turns the crank on the apple press as Neil and Marlita Everson supervise. On Saturday, the Wolverine Nordic Ski Club hosted a fall walk to celebrate the season and to get more of the community out enjoying the trails.
By JUSTIN LIBERTOSKI
Ironwood - The Wolverine Nordic Ski Club hosted the first fall walk on Saturday, where guests were able to walk the trails and participate in other activities to celebrate the fall colors and experience what the ski club has to offer.
"It's a way to show the community our trails," said Susan Spaete, event organizer.
The Wolverine Nordic Ski Club is a non-profit group of volunteers that work all year at the trails, hosting events and maintaining the trails.
"We're trying to get trails to be used year-round," said Sue Gardner, who is in charge of membership at the trails.
Gardner said the trails offer "a lot of different activities and we want people to come out and enjoy them."
Some of the activities include mountain biking, walking, snowshoeing and skiing.
In addition to walking the trails, there was also a scavenger hunt for the kids, as well as snacks in the chalet and apple juice made on the spot by Neil and Marlita Everson on their apple press.
Neil built the press himself in 1982 and has been using it for family gatherings and any other time they want to make fresh squeezed apple juice.
When asked about the press, Everson also shared how he used to take it to schools when the students were learning about things, like Johnny Appleseed .
"There are some really good apples this year," said Everson.
Before families began walking the trails, they stopped to watch the juice being made, and tasted it as well.
The ski hill is getting ready for the winter and plans to be open sometime in November, as long as there is enough snow.
Spaete mentioned how she had spent a lot of time marking off the snowshoe trails in preparation for the snow.
