2020 winter mini vacation... first up - Snow Cat Clowder!

We left home on Thursday, and headed to Ironwood MI for the 2020 Snow Cat Clowder festival.  We had many more photos but the old camera was dropped into the snow on Friday and could not be found. Arly doesn't think much of phone cameras but that how these were taken.....
Next post will be the ski we did down the Uller trail near Iron belt WI on Saturday afternoon.

Friday morning, all the 'cats met at Copper Peak.

The Pontoon Princess was interviewed by the local TV reporter!

The 'cats headed up to the top of Copper Peak.

What a site for a break at the Copper Peak ski flying hill.

Ya it's quite a view from up here.  I thought Michigan was flat?

Here comes the '48 Tucker, with skis on the front.
No kidding, its a 1948 model!

Now we head to the big lake.

Ya us mutts got to ride in a 'cat!  There are kids in here with us.
That's what we like!

Once we made it to the lake shore, a bon fire was promptly lit.

Soon, everyone was enjoying a festive meal.

With almost no wind and temps at 30, it couldn't
have been a nicer day for a cookout.

Lucky for me, my pack had Abigail keeping me busy.

I didn't mind playing dress-up.

Ya I love little girls.

Ya, I found lotsa treats and better yet, friendly people.

And lots and lots of friendly cat owners!

My pack brought the Big Boss and had some
 Cold Iron craft beer in it.

Then it was time to head back.
Here, the snow cats are on Black River road.

On Saturday, we stopped by for more Clouder fun at
Big Powderhorn Mt.

Lotsa folks stopped by to have a closer look at classic snow cats.

This is a kit offered one.

We were so glad to come to the Cat Clouder...see ya next year!

Black river romp and Snow-cats!

We had a busy busy long weekend of snow adventures in Ironwood MI and at the WinMan trails at Winchester WI.  This post is from Friday at Ironwood. We romped along at Wolverine and later at the Black River while Arly attended an old snow-cat gathering at Big Powerhorn ski area.

Wally, these are some of the falls of the Black River.
We romped along the trail on the other side of the
 river last spring, remember?

The recent cold-n-snowy snap covered up lotsa the falls.

I hope we come back here again soon!
This Black river is sooooo pretty.

This is part of the NCT. Wow, a paint blaze!

Meanwhile, Arly was at the Cat Clouder.

Some folks went down and onto the Big Lake shove ice.

Gourmet meal to boot!

Back at Copper Peak.  We helped Mike get his cat loaded back up.

The guys zoom along with Copper Peak ski jump in the back ground.

Ya quite a few old, and some newer snow cats were here.

This one is a real classic.

Hey! I found some friendly kids here too!

Oh ya, everyone got some good rubbing.

Hey! We could play with that.

Ya! Let's play.

Kids are the best.

Maybe we'll see you here again next year!

Snow-cats at Powderhorn and WinMan romp

We had such a grand day out on Friday! Saturday was adventure filled, and finally above zero.

Wally fully appreciates business trips like these.

In the morning, we stopped by at Big Powderhorn Mt.
to bid our new sno-cat friends farewell.

Oh good! There's kids here.
This fellow is thinking about getting his own sno-cat.

Oh ya, we hope to see you next year!

Then we headed south to Winchester WI to ski the WinMan trails.

Yes the chalet is beautiful, and better yet, mutt-friendly!
This kitchen is nicer than our home one.

Oh, we met many friendly people here.

When are we gonna go ski?

Finally! The 2-leggeds used their skin-skis, with the temps
going from sub-zero to 30 and transforming the snow.

All-paw drive worked fine, as usual.

I can't read but I do smell something interesting...

Finally, we get-a-going.

Hey, these trails are great!
Robert does a bang-up job grooming here.

This spot is flat but mostly the trails traverse little rolling hills.

We did the 10K loop. 
They also have fat bike and snow shoe trails here.

Back at the chalet, we met another friendly 4-legged.

He christened that ski bag. For once it wasn't Wally whizzing!

We went in for some post-ski socialization.

Oh hey! We could tussle here!

Older dogs on the other hand, are more content with some rubbing.

On the drive home, we stopped in at Twin Lakes
State Park to see the ski trail and snow depth.

Amazingly enough, the trail was groomed.

We couldn't stay awake on the drive home.
It was a busy, adventure-filled weekend.