New loop open at Miner's Memorial Heritage Park

By CHARITY SMITH

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IRONWOOD — An additional half-mile loop has been added to the ski and snowshoe trails in the Miners Memorial Heritage Park.

Friends of the MMHP started working on the new loop on Nov. 15, according to Rick Semo, the club’s president. The additional trail officially opened after the first major snowfall in late December.

“We had it partially groomed before that, but it wasn’t really ready because it’s rougher than the rest of the trail,” Semo told the Daily Globe. “Next year we’ll get it worked out a lot better, but we just roughed it in this year to g...