Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
HEADING TO a sweeping, first-place finish during Saturday's Midwest Telefest is Marty Monsma of Grand Rapids. He was competing in the Men's Uphill/Downhill Race at Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort in Ironwood Township. Monsma's stance illustrates the "free heel" technique of Telemark skiing, in which the heel is not clamped to the ski.
By P.J. GLISSON
IRONWOOD TOWNSHIP - Several hundred people gathered last weekend for the 34th annual Midwest Telefest at Big Powderhorn Mountain Resort in Ironwood Township.
The three-day event normally takes place at the Porcupine Mountains Ski Area in Ontonagon, but it was moved this year due to inadequate snow at that site, which relies only on Mother Nature.
Race Director Peter Werts of Madison, Wisconsin, said he expects the event to return to Ontonagon next year.
According to Keith Opperman, the event organizer, Powderhorn - with its ability to make snow - served...
