Mushing Up Winter Tourism

Northern Michigan is working hard on bringing more of the silent sports to the area. The latest news is there are some new sled dog racing events in the pipeline.

See MLive: Sled-dog races go from dream to reality; three new events in Michigan for 2010

A related activity is Skijoring, and it has been becoming much more popular in Michigan since the 1990's. See OYB: Skijoring in Michigan!

The wonderful little town of Steamboat Springs is the western capital of skijoring; there is not a skijoring capital in the eastern U.S., which town in northern Michigan will embrace the title?

If you want to get started I have been happy with Black Ice Dog Sledding Equipment

Downtown Cross Country Racing Is Back

This is great news!

Via the R-E: Vasa set to bring sprint races back

The sprints, once held on Front Street just before the Vasa, will return Sunday from 2-5 p.m. behind the InsideOut Gallery in the Warehouse District.

Cross Country Skiing

MyNorth.com has a nice article about all the wonderful skiing opportunities in northern Michigan: Cross-Country Skiing Through Traverse City's Coastal Forests