Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties

Snowshoers going strong

By IAN MINIELLY

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IRONWOOD — The Superior Snowshoe Walking group has released its 2018 schedule.

It is the seventh year for the snowshoe walks and while Sam Davey said they used to have 100-plus come out for each walk, they now average somewhere between 40 to 100, however the weather is a mitigating factor in attendance, as real cold nights tend to have limited participation.

Davey said the walks are community events, open to the public, and if someone would like to try, but does not have snowshoes, he or she can coordinate with Hobby Wheel to receive a set of snowsh...