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Show -2- A small inn is now op er a tin t; n ear the foot of the mountains which provides wi nter as well as summer fl.ccorrunodations f or a limi t ed numb er. As demand incr eas es it c an i n · crea se its capacity and plans to do so. It is \'ts ed now by skiers in wi n t e r and i s enti r e ly satisfn.cto:ry. In gcnur a l thon we may say tha t tho a r ea i s well s ervic ed by highways and r ailroc,d fr om the s outh and cast f or i mmedi ate ontranc o into the raore hilly and inte r es ting porti on and the porti on b est adapt ed to £1.11 sorts of skiing, and a cco:mr:1oda tion s will i n cr enso a s demand and us e war r ant. On the wester n side Hi :;hvvny 765 out of Be ss emer a nd Ironv.rood l oads t o tho Bl ack P..i vc r and n orthvmr ds t o tho shor e of Sup eri or. 4. Scenic and related values. The area is true wilderness and empty of human inhabitnnts . Because of its ru gged hills, deep rift valley, g or ges; lakes, water f a lls, and unbroken fore sts it has aesthetic values that are very great. While it does not compR. r e with the spectacular scenic ran ges of the east or west, it nevertheless possess es great beauty and cherrrt of its own. Trampers, fishermen and hun,ters appreciate this t and winter recreati onists and ski ers particula rly wi 11 do so in increasing numbers as it b ecomes better known. The road north of Cloud Peak is much us ed in summer by tourists who trave l far to s ee the vi ew out over the for est to Lake Superior~ V'li t hin the area. a r e a. n u.rnber of old mi ni ng camps l ong si n ce shut dovm and abandoned. They are now pictur e sque ruins of what wr:s onc e int ense e.cti vi t y and r emind one of some of tho ghost to\ms of California e.nd :Nevada. In Octob e r and eerly Nover:1ber t he f a ll colors of t ho ha rdwoods provide a. mor,1orable sp ec t a cle . From the vantage poi nt of Cloud Peak the vi G'Vv south across tho valley of the Carp toward Gover nment Pue.k is parti cul a rly b va.utiful, with the da r k gr een of the hemlock groves mi ngling and contras ting with tho flftT!1e colors of t he ha rdwood for ests. · : 5. Winter r ecr eation a nd skiing rossibiliti o·s, I n a.pp r a1s 1.ng t his area. and the proj oct to rescue it from the d e structive effec ts of b eing lo gged off and burned, one must b e · prepared to look b eyond the i mmedie.te p r e s ent . So far as we can find out ther e was no skiing in the a r ea until t wo y c,a.r s a go. At the. t time a group of Ontonagon out-of - door enthusiasts b egan a rrangi ng winter sport days on one of the eas t ern flo.nks of the mountains~ Last y oa.r this gr oup b e came, more R.mb i tious and clear ed a- dovmhill ski s lope on a cut ovor section of YTeatherhorn Peak n car the northeastern e dg e , put up a tow and a. warming hous e , and or e;an iz ed a. ski club which is now a. memb er club of the Centra l and tho Nationa l Ski Assoc i ations, Their slope onjoyod enthusiastic US t3 by the loc e.l grov.p l ast vnxltor and v1e..s visit ed by a number of ski ers from els ewh(Jr c , This is just u beginning , but one can easily for e s ee its furt he r r tcpid dev e lopment and us e . Through tho Pr esident of the Ontonagon Club arrangements wor e made l a st winte r for two group s of tou ring ski ors from Hndison t o uso trails a. nd a pri ·vatol y owned cabin in tho interior of tho u r ea on Birror La.k e , 1'he so trips wo r e of s ever a l days dura t ion and dr-monstratod tho value of the whole a r ee, once trails have b een cut and r:m.rkod and sho l t o ~ c abins provided for touring us c . The r e is room and t errain for a hundnod rrri.l os of intc r o stin ~; ski tra. ils ba.ck in t hi s int erior s ection of the ar ea , --onc e tho smc.. ll out l ay for tra ils o.nd ce.bins ha s b een met. For the Centra l Division t his will provide a uniqu e rmd we b e li eve hi ghly app r e cia:ited and much us ed . opportunity for touring skiint; for thos e who ha ve pass ed the comp etitive ago and still d osiro to onjoy tho milder forms of skiing. An ucc ount of thos e pre liminary expe ditions into this r o~,; ion hf•S b een made for the Annual, if anyon e is inter e s t ed in a mor e dot a i l ed picture . Since the l and is pri vf:.t ely ownod 1 thor o is no wo.y at |
