Gromit the Trail Mutt posts new photos of Maasto Hiihto bridge work, Porkies fall adventure

HANCOCK -- Gromit the Trail Mutt has posted new photos on her blog this week: completion of bridge work on Maasto Hiihto river trail and her fall adventure -- 4 days in the Porcupine Mountains State Park with her two-legged friends.

Gromit says work on bridges is finally completed in Swedetown gorge, Maasto Hiihto river trail. "Big thanks goes to Mark R, Sam S and Paul P for their hard work on this," Gromit writes. (Photos © and courtesy Sandy and Arlyn Aronson of The Trail Mutt Reports.

Halloween was windy at the Lake Superior shoreline entrance to Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Gromit is pictured here with Sandy Aronson and Mark Roberts at the beginning of their 4-day adventure in the Porkies.

"Down another gully we go," says Gromit the Trail Mutt as she leads her two-legged friends along a trail in the Porkies.

A hike through the Porkies isn't complete without this great view of one of the waterfalls.

For more photos of Gromit's adventures visit her blog, The Trail Mutt Reports.

Photos: Gromit the Trail Mutt reports recent adventures on her blog

Gromit the Trail Mutt enjoys a run on Calumet's Swedetown Trails on June 28, 2014. (Photos courtesy Arlyn and Sandy Aronson. Reprinted with permission.)

HANCOCK -- Gromit the Trail Mutt has shared her recent adventures on her blog, The Trail Mutt Reports. On Saturday, June 28, she braved the heat and mosquitoes to follow her biking family along Swedetown Trails in Calumet.

Sandy Aronson and Gromit pause for a water stop on Swedetown Trails.

On Friday Gromit enjoyed a social event and some folk music by "Trio Bibliothèque" at Music on the Menu outside the Portage Lake District Library.

On Friday, June 27, Gromit enjoys a variety of folk music by "Trio Bibliothèque" at Music on the Menu -- a free, outdoor lunchtime concert outside the Portage Library. Musicians are, from left, Ana Gowboy, Libby Meyer and Oren Tikkanen.

In the audience Gromit finds a puppy to socialize with ...

On the dock outside the library Gromit has fun chasing a stick ...

Gromit had more adventures and bike trips in North and South Dakota earlier last week. Visit her blog, The Trail Mutt Reports, for more photos.

From Trail Mutt Reports: Photos of Barneløpet children's ski race, Winter Carnival All-Nighter at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church

At Maasto Hiihto Trails on Feb. 9, 2014, kids of all ages brave the very cold temperatures to participate in the annual Barneløpet children's ski race, sponsored by Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club, the Sons of Norway Ulseth Lodge, and the City of Hancock. (Photos © and courtesy The Trail Mutt Reports. Reprinted with permission.)

HANCOCK -- Gromit the Trail Mutt has posted on her blog some great photos of her adventures at the Barneløpet children's ski race yesterday at Maasto Hiihto Trails and at the All-Nighter Winter Carnival statue building at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.

Thanks to Gromit and her "pack" -- Arlyn and Sandy Aronson -- for sharing these:

Wayne Stordahl (center) of Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club and Sons of Norway, race organizer, helps children line up for the Barneløpet on Feb. 9, 2014, at Maasto Hiihto Trails in Hancock.

And they're off!

Gromit the Trail Mutt warms up with kids in the Hancock Chalet, where hot chocolate and cookies are served. All participants receive a medallion like the ones these young skiers are wearing. "My award was to be with kids," Gromit says.

Gromit helps out at All-Nighter during Winter Carnival

Last Wednesday, Feb. 6, was the All-Nighter statue competition for Michigan Tech's Winter Carnival. Here Gromit is helping the crew at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church in Houghton shape the snow into their creation.

Andrea Hauge-Bacon reads a story to Nouma, Malia and Gromit in the lounge at Good Shepherd. "We all had such a fun evening," Gromit writes. "Especially the statue builders who hung in there until 3:30 (a.m.)."

Click here for more photos of the Barneløpet children's ski race on Gromit's Trail Mutt Reports.

Click here for more of Gromit's photos of the All-Nighter snow statue building at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church.

Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club to host moonlight bonfire and ski TONIGHT, Jan. 11

Grooming Maasto Hiihto River Trail on Jan. 5. (Photos © and courtesy Arlyn and Sandy Aronson. Reprinted from The Trail Mutt Reports with permission.)

HANCOCK -- Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club will host their monthly moonlight bonfire down in Swedetown gorge TONIGHT, Saturday, Jan. 11. Meet at 6:30 p.m. at the chalet in Hancock and ski down Sisu hill. The fire is just upstream from there on the River Trail. (You may ski in from any trail head -- the chalet is the closest.)

On New Year's Eve Gromit the Trail Mutt and Sandy Aronson check out the "covered" bridges on Maasto Hiihto. Here they are on the Middle Bridge over Swedetown Creek.

Come on by any time between 6:30 p.m. and 9 p.m. Hot dog roasting should be in full procession. And Mother Nature is even going to help out a little!

Click here for more photos of Gromit the Trail Mutt's skiing adventures and more.

Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club to hold monthly meeting Dec. 17; more photos from Gromit the Trail Mutt

Grooming at Maasto Hiihto Trails is underway. Gromit the Trail Mutt posted this photo on Thursday, Dec. 12. Since then Arlyn Aronson, groomer, reports trails have been rolled and some have been tracked where possible. (Photos © and courtesy Arlyn and Sandy Aronson)

HANCOCK -- Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club (KNSC) will hold its monthly meeting at 7 p.m. TOMORROW, Tuesday, Dec. 17, at the Hancock Chalet. All are welcome.

If you have questions, contact Jay Green, KNSC president, at 906-487-5411 or jbgreen45@charter.net.

Gromit and friends at KNSC's first moonlight ski Saturday, Dec. 14, at Maasto Hiihto.

Last Saturday was a full day of skiing for Gromit. Here she and Sandy Aronson enjoy skiing on Eagle Harbor trails.

Afterwards, Gromit and her "pack" skied some of the Copper Harbor trails. Click here to see more photos of her recent snow adventures on The Trail Mutt Reports.

Gromit the Trail Mutt: Adventures from Maasto Hiihto to the Porkies

HANCOCK -- Gromit the Trail Mutt recently updated her blog with photos of her Thanksgiving adventures and her supervision of the Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club's new trail cutting work near the Apostolic Lutheran Church, which is expanding the parking lot -- hence the need to move the Maasto Hiihto ski trail in that area of Hancock.

In November Gromit the Trail Mutt supervises the crew cutting the new trail to replace the former one near the Apostolic Lutheran Church in Hancock. (Photos © and courtesy Arlyn and Sandy Aronson)

Gromit observes that the new trail is done before Thanksgiving.

Gromit leads her pack for a pre-Thanksgiving ski at Churning Rapids, the higher part of the Maasto Hiihto Trails.

Sandy Aronson and Gromit check out bridges in the gorge on the Maasto River Trail.

Gromit and friends enjoy a post-Thanksgiving trek in the Porkies.

Check out Gromit's blog, Trail Mutt Reports for many more photos of her recent adventures in the Keweenaw and beyond.

Photos: Michigan Tech students volunteer for "Make a Difference Day" projects in Hancock

HANCOCK -- Michigan Tech student groups volunteered for several "Make a Difference Day" projects in Hancock on Saturday, Oct. 26. Despite the cold temperatures and a fairly windy day, they seemed to enjoy the fresh air and exercise -- cleaning up leaves, debris and trash in several neighborhoods and even helping Gromit the Trail Mutt and her crew with bridge repair on Maasto Hiihto Trails.

Proudly displaying their bags of trash and leaves collected along White Street and Shafter Street in Hancock are these Michigan Tech students -- members of the National Society of Black Engineers, the Society of African American Men, the Society of Intellectual Sisters, and the African Students' Association. (Photos by Keweenaw Now, unless otherwise indicated)

Alpha Gamma Delta members work on their leaf-raking project along Hancock Street.

Alpha Gamma Delta members and friends pause for a photo during their "Make a Difference Day" project.

Three more members of Alpha Gamma Delta display their bag of leaves collected near the Holiday Station on Hancock Street. Pictured here are, from left, Nicole Intzi (environmental engineering), Brianne Anderson (mechanical engineering) and Sara Schram (scientific and technical communication).

Gromit the Trail Mutt was delighted to have a group of Sigma Tau Gamma students to help with trail work at Maasto Hiihto for "Make a Difference Day" Saturday. "We couldn't have got this done without their help!" she writes on her blog. For more of Gromit's photos visit trailmuttreports.blogspot.com.

Photos: Gromit the Trail Mutt reports on bridge work, autumn adventures ...

By Gromit the Trail Mutt
Posted on her blog, The Trail Mutt Reports 
Reprinted with permission

"Many of you already know that the bountiful melt we had this spring severely undermined the middle bridge in Swedetown Creek gorge," says Gromit the Trail Dog, left, on her blog, Trail Mutt Reports. "Fellow trail mutt Bella, Mark, my pack, and me came down to try and figure some way to make it last until next fall, when a new bridge could be rolled over it." Pictured here with Gromit are Mark Roberts, Bella and Sandy Aronson. (Photos © and courtesy TheTrail Mutt Reports)

HANCOCK -- Gromit the Trail Mutt, a member of the Keweenaw Nordic Ski Club, has been busy supervising the work at Maasto Hiihto Trails as volunteers prepare the trails for the cross country ski season.

During recent work on the middle bridge at Swedetown Creek gorge, Gromit the Trail Dog takes a pause with friends, from left, Andre Laplume and his son Nick and Mark Roberts.

Today, Oct. 19, is another Saturday of work on bridges along Swedetown Creek on the beautiful Maasto Hiihto river trail. Volunteers will also be whacking weeds on Sidewinder Hill. If you wish to volunteer for trail work, contact Arlyn Aronson at 906-370-2911.

Gromit has also posted on her blog some great photos of her recent adventures hiking at Bare Bluff, attending the blessing of the animals and more ...

"Up the fault we climbed. No problem for all paw drive!" Gromit writes about the recent Bare Bluff hike with her friends.

"The view from the top is what it's all about," Gromit adds.

Gromit was on her best behavior for the Blessing of the Animals at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, but couldn't help noticing a friendly participant behind her.

See Gromit's Trail Mutt Reports blog for more photos and news about her adventures in the Keweenaw and beyond!