Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
DESPITE SPARSE snow in other locations, a skier descends a hill at Black River Basin on Saturday during the fourth annual Muk UP in Bessemer Township. The Snowriver Mountain Resort site was the base for the fundraiser for local youth skiing.
By P.J. GLISSON
BESSEMER TOWNSHIP - This year's mild winter resulted with more grass than snow on Saturday, but skiers still threw plenty of powder as they competed in the annual Muk UP at Black River Basin.
Snowmaking at the Snowriver Mountain Resort site made it possible for the fundraising event for Team Z to proceed as usual with a crowd of supportive spectators at the bottom of the hill.
"The snow is great here right now," said Dan Tregembo, director of Team Z, a youth skiing group that prepares kids of ages 5-17 for the Ironwood Red Devils Ski team.
"This is the f...
