News from the Northwoods

On Friday, I will step onto the sled runners to begin the UP200 – a 240-mile race across Michigan’s upper peninsula. The dogs that will be with me at the starting line have pulled us over 1,000 mil...

Which necessities do you always bring on your wilderness outings? One adventurer writes about the 10 items that are always in her backpack.

Ely is the only place in the world where I’ve heard people rejoice about the temperature “finally being below zero degrees.” After the first night with a hard freeze of twenty below, people celebra...

There are some kinds of beauty that you can only see when it's cold enough outside.

Virginia Wightman, a guide at Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge remembers her first big ski trip into the Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota: "I have driven to Canada through border stations across the ...

Skijoring can be a blast, but there are some fundamentals that you want to get right before you head out to the trails with your dog and skis. Here are 9 tips to help you get started.

    Dog sledding I came to Ely for my first dog sledding trip to Wintergreen Dogsled Lodge with my mom when I was nine years old.  It was love at first vacation.  We fell in love with the do...

4 Tips for Getting Quality Sleep While Winter Camping.

Where in the World is Peter Schurke? Well, he’s in “Rhapsody,” United Airline’s luxury living magazine, where he shares full-page photo status (see Wintergreen ad below) with cover boy Owen Wilson...